Psalms 26:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יָ֭שַׁבְתִּי עִם־מְתֵי־שָׁ֑וא וְעִ֥ם נַ֝עֲלָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א אָבֽוֹא׃

Transliteration

Not-yāšaḇtî with-məṯê-šāwʾ and-with naʿălāmîm not ʾāḇôʾ.

Grammar Details

*yāšaḇtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have sat/dwelled
*məṯê*: construct form of men/people/persons
*šāwʾ*: noun - falsehood/vanity/emptiness
*naʿălāmîm*: niphal participle masculine plural - hidden ones/hypocrites/deceitful ones
*ʾāḇôʾ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will come/enter/go

Word Meanings

*yāšaḇtî*: I have sat/I have dwelled/I have associated with
*məṯê*-*šāwʾ*: men of falsehood/worthless people/deceitful persons
*naʿălāmîm*: hidden ones/hypocrites/dissemblers/deceitful ones
*ʾāḇôʾ*: I will come/I will enter/I will associate with

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Prov 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Ps 119:63 : 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

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