KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.”
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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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| “Nevertheless mine eye” | עֵינִ֛י | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | Nevertheless eye |
| “spared” | וַתָּ֧חָס | Properly, to cover, i.e., (figuratively) to compassionate | spared |
| “them from destroying” | מִֽשַּׁחֲתָ֑ם | To decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) | destroying |
| “them, neither” | וְלֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | neither |
| “did I make” | עָשִׂ֧יתִי | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | did make |
| “an end” | כָּלָ֖ה | A completion; adverb, completely; also destruction | end |
| “of them in the wilderness.” | בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | A pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); also speech (including its organs) | wilderness |
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15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
19 I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
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