Psalms 26:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יָ֭שַׁבְתִּי עִם־מְתֵי־שָׁ֑וא וְעִ֥ם נַ֝עֲלָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א אָבֽוֹא׃

Transliteration

Not-yāšaḇtî with-məṯê-šāwʾ and-with naʿălāmîm not ʾāḇôʾ.

Grammar Details

*yāšaḇtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have sat/dwelled
*məṯê*: construct form of men/people/persons
*šāwʾ*: noun - falsehood/vanity/emptiness
*naʿălāmîm*: niphal participle masculine plural - hidden ones/hypocrites/deceitful ones
*ʾāḇôʾ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will come/enter/go

Word Meanings

*yāšaḇtî*: I have sat/I have dwelled/I have associated with
*məṯê*-*šāwʾ*: men of falsehood/worthless people/deceitful persons
*naʿălāmîm*: hidden ones/hypocrites/dissemblers/deceitful ones
*ʾāḇôʾ*: I will come/I will enter/I will associate with

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.
Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
Ps 119:63 : 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

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