King James Version
Psalms 89:31 in the King James Version says “If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; break: Heb. profane” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 89 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; break: Heb. profane”
Psalms 89:31 · KJV
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; break: Heb. profane
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. will: Heb. I will not make void from him to fall: Heb. to lie
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“If they break”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
“not my commandments”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
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