King James Version
Psalms 75:4 in the King James Version says “I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 75 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:”
Psalms 75:4 · KJV
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. receive: or, take a set time
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. south: Heb. desert
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Deal not foolishly”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Deal not foolishly”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Lift not up”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“the horn”
H7161a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e., ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a moun
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