KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Psalm 69:6 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.”
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. |
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| “Let not” | אַל | Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | Let not |
| “them that wait on” | קוֶֹיךָ֮ | To bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect | wait |
| “thee, O Lord” | אֲדֹנָ֥י | The Lord (used as a proper name of God only) | O Lord |
| “God” | יְהוִ֗ה | God | God |
| “of hosts,” | צְבָ֫א֥וֹת | A mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship) | hosts |
| “be ashamed” | יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ | Properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed | ashamed |
| “for my sake: let not” | אַל | Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | sake let not |
| “those that seek” | מְבַקְשֶׁ֑יךָ | To search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after | those seek |
| “thee be confounded” | יִכָּ֣לְמוּ | Properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult | confounded |
| “for my sake, O God” | אֱ֝לֹהֵ֗י | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | sake O God |
| “of Israel.” | יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
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4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
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