Psalms 119:118

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

סָ֭לִיתָ כָּל־שׁוֹגִ֣ים מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָ כִּי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר תַּרְמִיתָֽם׃

Transliteration

sālîtā all-šôgîm from-ḥuqqêkā for-šeqer tarmîtām

Grammar Details

*sālîtā*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have rejected
*šôgîm*: qal participle masculine plural - those who stray
*ḥuqqêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes
*šeqer*: masculine singular noun - falsehood/lie
*tarmîtām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their deceitfulness
*kol*: noun - all/every
*mē-*: preposition - from
*kî*: conjunction - for/because

Word Meanings

*sālîtā*: you have rejected/spurned/set at nought
*šôgîm*: those who stray/wander/err
*ḥuqqêkā*: your statutes/decrees/ordinances
*šeqer*: falsehood/lie/deception
*tarmîtām*: their deceitfulness/treachery/deception

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
Ps 119:29 : 29 Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
Isa 25:10 : 10 For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Isa 63:3 : 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
Mal 4:3 : 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Eph 4:22 : 22 that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 [None even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:
2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no {G3956} lie is of the truth.
Ps 78:36-37 : 36 But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue. 37 For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Ps 78:57 : 57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Ps 95:10 : 10 Forty years long was I grieved with [that] generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
Rev 18:23 : 23 and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.
Rev 14:20 : 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:119
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119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:21-22
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77%
21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
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Ps 119:127-128
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127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
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Ps 119:85-87
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85The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
86All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.
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Ps 119:66-69
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66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
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Ps 119:117
75%
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:110
75%
110The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
Ps 119:167-168
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167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:137-138
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137TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
Ps 119:104
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104Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way.
Ps 119:157-158
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73%
157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
Ps 119:8
73%
8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.
Ps 119:160-161
2 verses
72%
160The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.
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Ps 119:3-4
2 verses
72%
3Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.
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Ps 73:18
72%
18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
Ps 119:150-152
3 verses
72%
150They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.
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Ps 119:101-102
2 verses
72%
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:142
72%
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
Ps 119:43
72%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
Ps 119:78
72%
78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 119:163
71%
163I hate and abhor falsehood; [But] thy law do I love.
Ps 119:10-12
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71%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
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Ps 119:113
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113SAMEKH. I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.
Ps 119:29-30
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29Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
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Ps 119:95
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95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.
Ps 5:10
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10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.
Ps 73:27
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27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.
Ps 119:115
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115Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
Ps 119:133
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133Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Job 36:17
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17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
Ps 119:38
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38Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which [is in order] unto the fear of thee.
Ps 119:172
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172Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.