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PSALM 119:10
KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.”
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Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 119 using average monthly Google searches.
Psalm 119:10 Translation & Meaning
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
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. |
“With my whole” | בְּכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | whole |
“heart” | לִבִּ֥י | The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything | heart |
“have I sought” | דְרַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ | Properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship | sought |
“thee: O let me not” | אַל | Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | O let not |
“wander” | תַּ֝שְׁגֵּ֗נִי | To stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured | wander |
“from thy commandments.” | מִמִּצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | A command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) | commandments |
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8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.
Sources:
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