Psalms 49:5

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Psalms 49:5


← Psalms 49:4 Psalms 49:5 (KJV) Psalms 49:6 →
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore should I fearH3372 in the daysH3117 of evilH7451, when the iniquityH5771 of my heelsH6120 shall compassH5437 me about?


Original Hebrew

לָמָּה אִירָא בִּימֵי רָע עֲוֹן עֲקֵבַי יְסוּבֵּנִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
לָ֣/מָּה
La./mah H4100 HR/Ti (to)/ why?
אִ֭ירָא
'I.ra' H3372 HVqi1cs will I fear
בִּ֣/ימֵי
Bi./mei H3117 HR/Ncmpc in/ days of
רָ֑ע
Ra' H7451 HAamsa trouble
עֲוֺ֖ן
'a.Von H5771 HNcbsc (the) iniquity of
עֲקֵבַ֣/י
'a.ke.Va/i H6120 HNcmpc/Sp1cs heels/ my
יְסוּבֵּֽ/נִי
ye.su.Be./ni H5437 HVqi3ms/Sp1cs it surrounds/ me
Strong's References
  • H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  • H3372 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
  • H5437 — סָבַב (çâbab, saw-bab'): a primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively; bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
  • H5771 — עָוֺן (ʻâvôn, aw-vone'): or עָווֹן (ʻâvôwn); (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (אֲבַד (ʼăbad) H7)), from עָוָה (ʻâvâh) H5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil; fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
  • H6120 — עָקֵב (ʻâqêb, aw-kabe'): from עָקַב (ʻâqab) H6117 in its denominative sense; a lier in wait; heel (by mistake for עָקֵב (ʻâqêb) H6119).
  • H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע (râʻaʻ) H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה (mah); or מָ (mâ); or מַ (ma); also מֶה (meh); a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
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Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (4): Psalms 37:18, Psalms 49:16, Zephaniah 3:11, Luke 12:19

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