King James Version
Psalms 74:9 in the King James Version says “We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 74 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.”
Psalms 74:9 · KJV
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. They have cast: Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary unto the fire
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. destroy: Heb. break
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 .
KJV Study — Public Domain
“not our signs”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“We see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“neither is there among us any that knoweth”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“how long”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
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