Psalms 73:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They set{H8804)} their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh{H8799)} through the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

Shattu vashamayim pihem, uleshownam tihalakh ba'aretz.

Grammar Details

*Shattu*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they set/place
*vashamayim*: preposition + article + noun, masculine plural - in the heavens
*pihem*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their mouth
*uleshownam*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their tongue
*tihalakh*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it walks about/struts
*ba'aretz*: preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - in the earth

Word Meanings

*shattu*: they set/place/put
*shamayim*: heavens/sky
*peh*: mouth/speech
*lashon*: tongue/language/speech
*halakh*: walks/goes/struts
*eretz*: earth/land/ground

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rev 13:6 : 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
Job 21:14 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Ps 52:4 : 4 Thou lovest{H8804)} all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Dan 7:25 : 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Luke 18:4 : 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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