King James Version
Psalms 78:42 in the King James Version says “They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. from: or, from affliction” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. from: or, from affliction”
Psalms 78:42 · KJV
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! provoke: or, rebel against
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. from: or, from affliction
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: wrought: Heb. set
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“They remembered”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“not his 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
“nor the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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