Psalms 119:100

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִזְּקֵנִ֥ים אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ן כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃

Transliteration

From zəqēnîm ʾetbônān for piqqûdêkā nāṣārtî

Grammar Details

• *zəqēnîm*: masculine plural noun - elders/aged ones
• *ʾetbônān*: hitpael imperfect 1st person singular - I understand/consider/discern
• *piqqûdêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts
• *nāṣārtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have kept/preserved/observed
• *mi-*: preposition - from/more than
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because

Word Meanings

• *zəqēnîm*: elders/aged ones/the elderly
• *ʾetbônān*: I understand/I discern/I gain understanding
• *piqqûdêkā*: your precepts/your orders/your commands
• *nāṣārtî*: I have kept/preserved/guarded/observed

Referenced Verses

• Job 12:12 : 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
• Job 15:9-9 : 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? 10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
• Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
• Job 32:4 : 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
• Job 32:7-9 : 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
• Ps 111:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
• Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
• 1 Kgs 12:6-9 : 6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: 9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.