King James Version
Psalms 6:7 in the King James Version says “Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.”
Psalms 6:7 · KJV
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. all: or, every night
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Mine eye”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“it waxeth old”
H6275to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribe
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“because of all mine enemies”
H6887to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
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