King James Version
Psalms 78:32 in the King James Version says “For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.”
Psalms 78:32 · KJV
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. smote: Heb. made to bow Chosen: or, young men
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
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properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“For all this they sinned”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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
“still and believed”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
“not for his wondrous works”
H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e., distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
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