Psalms 94:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֭גוֹדּוּ עַל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְדָ֖ם נָקִ֣י יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ

Transliteration

yāgôddû upon-nepeš ṣaddîq wə-dām nāqî yaršîʿû

Grammar Details

• *yāgôddû*: verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they attack/gather against
• *ʿal-nepeš*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular, construct - upon soul of
• *ṣaddîq*: adjective, masculine, singular - righteous one
• *wə-dām*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and blood of
• *nāqî*: adjective, masculine, singular - innocent
• *yaršîʿû*: verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they condemn

Word Meanings

• *yāgôddû*: attack/gather against/band together against
• *nepeš*: soul/life
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous one/just one
• *dām*: blood/lifeblood
• *nāqî*: innocent/blameless
• *yaršîʿû*: condemn/pronounce guilty/declare wicked

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
• Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
• Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait{H8804)} for my soul: the mighty are gathered{H8799)} against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
• Matt 27:1 : 1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
• Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
• Acts 4:5-7 : 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
• Acts 4:27-28 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
• Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
• Acts 7:58-60 : 58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
• Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
• Ps 106:38 : 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
• Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
• Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
• 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
• Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
• 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 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together{H8799)}, they hide{H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} themselves, they mark{H8799)} my steps, when they wait{H8765)} for my soul.
• Jer 26:15 : 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
• Ezek 22:6 : 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
• Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
• Matt 23:32-36 : 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.