Psalms 34:21

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֹׁמֵ֥ר כָּל־עַצְמוֹתָ֑יו אַחַ֥ת מֵ֝הֵ֗נָּה לֹ֣א נִשְׁבָּֽרָה׃

Transliteration

Keeping all-ʿaṣmôtāyw ʾaḥat from them not nišbārâ

Grammar Details

• *šōmēr*: Qal participle masculine singular - keeping
• *ʿaṣmôtāyw*: noun feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bones
• *ʾaḥat*: numeral feminine singular - one
• *mēhēnnâ*: preposition with 3rd feminine plural pronoun - from them
• *nišbārâ*: Niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular - is broken

Word Meanings

• *šōmēr*: keeping/guarding/protecting
• *ʿaṣmôtāyw*: his bones/frame/substance
• *nišbārâ*: is broken/shattered/crushed

Referenced Verses

• Ps 94:23 : 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
• Prov 24:16 : 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
• Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
• Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
• John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
• John 15:18-23 : 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• 2 Thess 1:6 : 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Exod 20:7 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
• 1 Sam 19:4-5 : 4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
• 1 Sam 31:4 : 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
• 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
• 1 Kgs 22:37 : 37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
• Ps 37:12-15 : 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
• Ps 37:30-40 : 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
• Ps 40:15 : 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
• Ps 89:23 : 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.