King James Version
Psalms 46:8 in the King James Version says “Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.”
Psalms 46:8 · KJV
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. our: Heb. an high place for us
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“behold”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“he hath made”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
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