KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Then hear” | תִּשְׁמַ֣ע | To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) | Then hear |
| “thou” | וְאַתָּ֣ה׀ | Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | thou |
| “in heaven,” | הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heaven |
| “and do,” | וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | do |
| “and judge” | וְשָֽׁפַטְתָּ֣ | To judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively) | judge |
| “thy servants,” | עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ | A servant | servants |
| “condemning” | לְהַרְשִׁ֣יעַ | To be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate | condemning |
| “the wicked,” | רָשָׁ֔ע | Morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person | wicked |
| “to bring” | לָתֵ֥ת | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | bring |
| “his way” | דַּרְכּ֖וֹ | A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb | way |
| “upon his head;” | בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | upon head |
| “and justifying” | וּלְהַצְדִּ֣יק | To be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense) | justifying |
| “the righteous,” | צַדִּ֔יק | Just | righteous |
| “to give” | לָ֥תֶת | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | give |
| “him according to his righteousness.” | כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃ | Rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) | according righteousness |
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30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
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