Psalms 119:150

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קָ֭רְבוּ רֹדְפֵ֣י זִמָּ֑ה מִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ רָחָֽקוּ׃

Transliteration

qārəḇû rōḏəpê zimmāh from tôrātəkā rāḥāqû

Grammar Details

• *qārəḇû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural, qal - they draw near
• *rōḏəpê*: masculine plural construct, qal participle - pursuers of
• *zimmāh*: feminine singular noun - wickedness
• *tôrātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
• *rāḥāqû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural, qal - they are far

Word Meanings

• *qārəḇû*: they draw near/they approach/they come close
• *rōḏəpê*: pursuers of/those who follow after
• *zimmāh*: wickedness/evil device/mischief/lewdness
• *tôrātəkā*: your law/your instruction/your teaching
• *rāḥāqû*: they are far/they are distant/they departed

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
• 2 Sam 17:16 : 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
• Job 21:14 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
• Ps 22:11-13 : 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
• Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
• Ps 27:2 : 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
• Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest{H8804)} instruction, and castest{H8686)} my words behind thee.
• Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
• Matt 26:46-47 : 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
• Eph 2:13-14 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;