King James Version
Psalms 68:23 in the King James Version says “That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. dipped: or, red” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 68 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. dipped: or, red”
Psalms 68:23 · KJV
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. dipped: or, red
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“may be dipped”
H4272to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
“That thy foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“in the blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“and the tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
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