King James Version
Psalms 60:6 in the King James Version says “God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 60 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.”
Psalms 60:6 · KJV
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Moab is my washpot ; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. triumph: or, triumph thou over me: (by an irony)
KJV Study — Public Domain
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“hath spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“and mete out”
H4058properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
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