King James Version
Psalms 73:14 in the King James Version says “For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. chastened: Heb. my chastisement was” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. chastened: Heb. my chastisement was”
Psalms 73:14 · KJV
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. chastened: Heb. my chastisement was
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; too: Heb. labour in mine eyes
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“long have I been plagued”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“For all the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“and chastened”
H8433chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defense)
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