King James Version
Psalms 74:11 in the King James Version says “Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom .” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 74 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom .”
Psalms 74:11 · KJV
We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom .
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. divide: Heb. break dragons: or, whales
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“Why withdrawest”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“thou thy hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“even thy right hand”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
“it out of”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“pluck”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
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