King James Version
Psalms 94:21 in the King James Version says “They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 94 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.”
Psalms 94:21 · KJV
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They gather themselves together”
H1413to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“against the soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“and condemn”
H7561to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
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