Psalms 94:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־יִטֹּ֣שׁ יְהוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ וְ֝נַחֲלָת֗וֹ לֹ֣א יַעֲזֹֽב

Transliteration

For not-yiṭṭōš YHWH ʿammô wə-naḥălātô not yaʿăzōb

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ-yiṭṭōš*: negative particle + verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will not abandon
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʿammô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, singular pronominal suffix - his people
*wə-naḥălātô*: conjunction + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, singular pronominal suffix - and his inheritance/heritage
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yaʿăzōb*: verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he will forsake

Word Meanings

*yiṭṭōš*: abandon/forsake/cast off
*ʿammô*: his people/his nation
*naḥălātô*: his inheritance/his heritage/his possession
*yaʿăzōb*: forsake/abandon/leave

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.
Rom 11:1-2 : 1 I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:
Ps 37:28 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Deut 32:9 : 9 For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Eph 1:18 : 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, {G2532} what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Heb 13:5 : 5 Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
Ps 34:12 : 12 What man is he that desireth life, And loveth [many] days, that he may see good?
Ps 94:5 : 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
Isa 49:14-15 : 14 But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.
Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Jer 32:39-40 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
John 10:27-31 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one. 31 The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Rom 8:30 : 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 8:38-39 : 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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