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KJV Lexicon For the enemy'oyeb (o-yabe') hating; an adversary -- enemy, foe. hath persecuted radaph (raw-daf') to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r). my soul nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) he hath smitten daka' (daw-kaw') to crumble; transitively, to bruise -- beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite. my life chay (khah'-ee) age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. down daka' (daw-kaw') to crumble; transitively, to bruise -- beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite. to the ground 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. he hath made me to dwell yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry in darkness machshak (makh-shawk') darkness; concretely, a dark place -- dark(-ness, place). as those that have been long `owlam (o-lawm') concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always dead muwth (mooth) causatively, to kill Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. King James Bible For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. Holman Christian Standard Bible For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead. International Standard Version For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago. NET Bible Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because the enemy pursues my soul and he has humbled my life in the Earth and made me to dwell in darkness like the dead for eternity. GOD'S WORD® Translation The enemy has pursued me. He has ground my life into the dirt. He has made me live in dark places like those who have died long ago. King James 2000 Bible For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. Links Psalm 143:3Psalm 143:3 NIV Psalm 143:3 NLT Psalm 143:3 ESV Psalm 143:3 NASB Psalm 143:3 KJV |
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