Psalms 73:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

Shattu vashamayim pihem, uleshownam tihalakh ba'aretz.

Grammar Details

*Shattu*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they set/place
*vashamayim*: preposition + article + noun, masculine plural - in the heavens
*pihem*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their mouth
*uleshownam*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their tongue
*tihalakh*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it walks about/struts
*ba'aretz*: preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - in the earth

Word Meanings

*shattu*: they set/place/put
*shamayim*: heavens/sky
*peh*: mouth/speech
*lashon*: tongue/language/speech
*halakh*: walks/goes/struts
*eretz*: earth/land/ground

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Rev 13:6 : 6 And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, [even] them that dwell in the heaven.
Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
Job 21:14 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Ps 52:4 : 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Dan 7:25 : 25 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
Luke 18:4 : 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, {G2532} Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

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