Psalms 82:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They know{H8804)} not, neither will they understand{H8799)}; they walk{H8691)} on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course{H8735)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֤א יָֽדְע֨וּ ׀ וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֗ינוּ בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ כָּל־מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

not yādəʿû and-not yābînû in-ḥăšēkāh yithallākû yimmôṭû all-môsədê ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*yādəʿû*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they know/knew
*yābînû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they understand/will understand
in-*ḥăšēkāh*: preposition + feminine singular noun - in darkness
*yithallākû*: hithpael imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they walk about/continue
*yimmôṭû*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they totter/are shaken
all-*môsədê*: construct - all foundations of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land

Word Meanings

*yādəʿû*: know/understand/perceive
*yābînû*: understand/discern/perceive
*ḥăšēkāh*: darkness/ignorance
*yithallākû*: walk about/go about/continue
*yimmôṭû*: totter/shake/be moved
*môsədê*: foundations/pillars/supports
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/world

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Referenced Verses

Ps 11:3 : 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Mic 3:1 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Prov 2:13 : 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Ps 14:4 : 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Ps 75:3 : 3 The earth and all the inhabitants{H8802)} thereof are dissolved{H8737)}: I bear up{H8765)} the pillars of it. Selah.
Prov 1:29 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Eccl 3:16 : 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Isa 59:9 : 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
John 3:19 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
1 John 2:11 : 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Ps 53:4 : 4 Have the workers{H8802)} of iniquity no knowledge{H8804)}? who eat up{H8802)} my people as they eat{H8804)} bread: they have not called{H8804)} upon God.

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