KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.”
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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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| “But whose heart” | לֵ֧ב | The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything | whose heart |
| “as for them” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “walketh” | הֹלֵ֑ךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | walketh |
| “after” | וְאֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | after |
| “the heart” | לִבָּ֣ם | The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything | heart |
| “of their detestable things” | שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֛ם | Disgusting, i.e., filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol | detestable things |
| “and their abominations,” | וְתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם | Properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol | abominations |
| “I will recompense” | נָתַ֔תִּי | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | recompense |
| “their way” | דַּרְכָּם֙ | A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb | way |
| “upon their own heads,” | בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | upon own heads |
| “saith” | נְאֻ֖ם | An oracle | saith |
| “the Lord” | אֲדֹנָ֥י | The Lord (used as a proper name of God only) | Lord |
| “God.” | יְהוִֽה׃ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | God |
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19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.
22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
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