King James Version
Psalms 73:15 in the King James Version says “If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.”
Psalms 73:15 · KJV
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
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“I will speak”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
“against the generation”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
“of thy children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“behold I should offend”
H898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
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