KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Psalm 74:4 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.”
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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| “Thine enemies” | צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ | To cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive | Thine enemies |
| “roar” | שָׁאֲג֣וּ | To rumble or moan | roar |
| “in the midst” | בְּקֶ֣רֶב | Properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition) | midst |
| “of thy congregations;” | מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ | Properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand) | congregations |
| “they set up” | שָׂ֖מוּ | To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) | set up |
| “their ensigns” | אוֹתֹתָ֣ם | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | ensigns |
| “for” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “signs.” | אֹתֽוֹת׃ | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | signs |
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2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
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