King James Version
Psalms 92:7 in the King James Version says “When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroye...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 92 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:”
Psalms 92:7 · KJV
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
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“spring”
H6524to break forth as a bud, i.e., bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and when all the workers”
H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
“of iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“for ever”
H5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e., (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or wit
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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