Psalms 94:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ אֶת־אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ

Transliteration

wayyāšeb upon-them ʾet-ʾônām û-bərāʿātām yaṣmîtēm yaṣmîtēm YHWH ʾĕlōhênû

Grammar Details

*wayyāšeb*: conjunction + verb, hiphil, imperfect, consecutive, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he will return
*ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd person, masculine, plural pronominal suffix - upon them
*ʾet-ʾônām*: direct object marker + noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, plural pronominal suffix - their iniquity
*û-bərāʿātām*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, plural pronominal suffix - and in their evil
*yaṣmîtēm*: verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, plural pronominal suffix - he will destroy them
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾĕlōhênû*: noun, masculine, plural + 1st person, plural pronominal suffix - our God

Word Meanings

*yāšeb*: will return/will bring back/will repay
*ʾônām*: their iniquity/their wickedness
*rāʿātām*: their evil/their wickedness
*yaṣmîtēm*: will destroy them/will annihilate them/will cut them off
*ʾĕlōhênû*: our God/our deity

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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

Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Prov 2:22 : 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
Ezek 18:24 : 24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Dan 7:24 : 24 And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings.
Dan 9:26 : 26 And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
Ps 9:16-17 : 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah} 17 The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
Ps 12:3 : 3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
1 Sam 26:10-11 : 10 And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish. 11 Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

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