KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”
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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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| “And the Lord” | יְהוָה֮ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “shall guide” | וְנָחֲךָ֣ | To guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists) | guide |
| “thee continually,” | תָּמִיד֒ | Properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice | continually |
| “and satisfy” | וְהִשְׂבִּ֤יעַ | To sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively) | satisfy |
| “thy soul” | נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ | Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) | soul |
| “in drought,” | בְּצַחְצָחוֹת֙ | A dry place, i.e., desert | drought |
| “and make fat” | יַחֲלִ֑יץ | To pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen | make fat |
| “thy bones:” | וְעַצְמֹתֶ֖יךָ | A bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame | bones |
| “and thou shalt be” | וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | and thou shalt be |
| “like a watered” | רָוֶ֔ה | Sated (with drink) | like watered |
| “garden,” | כְּגַ֣ן | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
| “and like a spring” | וּכְמוֹצָ֣א | A going forth, i.e., (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass) | like spring |
| “of water,” | מַ֔יִם | Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen | water |
| “whose” | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | whose |
| “waters” | מֵימָֽיו׃ | Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen | waters |
| “fail” | יְכַזְּב֖וּ | To lie (i.e., deceive), literally or figuratively | fail |
| “not.” | יְכַזְּב֖וּ | To lie (i.e., deceive), literally or figuratively | not |
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9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
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