King James Version
Psalms 89:43 in the King James Version says “Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 89 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.”
Psalms 89:43 · KJV
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. glory: Heb. brightness
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
“Thou hast also turned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“the edge”
H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
“of his sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and hast not made him to stand”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“in the battle”
H4421a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
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