King James Version
Psalms 58:9 in the King James Version says “Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. both: ...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 58 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. both: Heb. as living as wrath”
Psalms 58:9 · KJV
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. both: Heb. as living as wrath
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. a reward: Heb. fruit of the, etc
KJV Study — Public Domain
“both living”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“he shall take them away as with a whirlwind”
H8175to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e., fear
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