King James Version
Psalms 73:25 in the King James Version says “Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 73 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.”
Psalms 73:25 · KJV
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. strength: Heb. rock
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Whom have I in heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that I desire”
H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
“but thee and there is none upon earth”
H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
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