Psalms 116:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲ֭נִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְחָפְזִ֑י כָּֽל־הָאָדָ֥ם כֹּזֵֽב׃

Transliteration

ʾănî ʾāmartî in ḥopzî all hā-ʾādām kōzēv

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *ʾāmartî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said
• *ve-ḥopzî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my alarm/haste
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all/every
• *hā-ʾādām*: article + noun, masculine singular - the man/mankind
• *kōzēv*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - lying/a liar

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmartî*: I said/I thought/I declared
• *ḥopzî*: my alarm/my haste/my panic/my distress
• *hā-ʾādām*: mankind/humanity/every person
• *kōzēv*: lying/deceitful/false/a liar

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I said in my alarm, 'All mankind are liars.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I said in my haste, All men are liars.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I said{H559} in my haste,{H2648} All men{H120} are liars.{H3576}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I said{H559}{(H8804)} in my haste{H2648}{(H8800)}, All men{H120} are liars{H3576}{(H8802)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I sayde in my haist: All men are lyers.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I said in my feare, All men are lyers.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  insomuch that I said in my rashnesse euery man is a lyer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I said in my haste, All men [are] liars.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I said in my haste, "All men are liars."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I said in my haste, `Every man `is' a liar.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I said in my haste, All men are liars.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I said in my haste, All men are liars.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Though I said in my fear, All men are false.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I said in my haste, "All men are liars."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I rashly declared,“All men are liars.”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 31:22 : 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 Certainly not: indeed, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, 'That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged.'
• Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
• Jer 9:4-5 : 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
• 1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand.
• 2 Kgs 4:16 : 16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.