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PSALM 91:8
KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.”
Medium popularity: 110 searches a month
Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 91 using average monthly Google searches.
Psalm 91:8 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. |
“Only” | רַ֭ק | Properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although | Only |
“with thine eyes” | בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָ | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | thine eyes |
“shalt thou behold” | תַבִּ֑יט | To scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care | behold |
“and see” | תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | see |
“the reward” | וְשִׁלֻּמַ֖ת | Retribution | reward |
“of the wicked.” | רְשָׁעִ֣ים | Morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person | wicked |
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6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
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