Psalms 119:150

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קָ֭רְבוּ רֹדְפֵ֣י זִמָּ֑ה מִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ רָחָֽקוּ׃

Transliteration

qārəḇû rōḏəpê zimmāh from tôrātəkā rāḥāqû

Grammar Details

*qārəḇû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural, qal - they draw near
*rōḏəpê*: masculine plural construct, qal participle - pursuers of
*zimmāh*: feminine singular noun - wickedness
*tôrātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
*rāḥāqû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural, qal - they are far

Word Meanings

*qārəḇû*: they draw near/they approach/they come close
*rōḏəpê*: pursuers of/those who follow after
*zimmāh*: wickedness/evil device/mischief/lewdness
*tôrātəkā*: your law/your instruction/your teaching
*rāḥāqû*: they are far/they are distant/they departed

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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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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 23:16 : 16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
2 Sam 17:16 : 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Job 21:14 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Ps 22:11-13 : 11 Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
Ps 27:2 : 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Matt 26:46-47 : 46 Arise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that betrayeth me. 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priest and elders of the people.
Eph 2:13-14 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,

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