King James Version
Psalms 7:14 in the King James Version says “Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.”
Psalms 7:14 · KJV
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold he travaileth”
H2254to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e., to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of partur
“with iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“and hath conceived”
H2029to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
“and brought forth”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
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