It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
The 1611 reading
It is good for me that I haue bene afflicted: that I might learne thy statutes.
KJV dictionary & concordance
To gain knowledge, receive instruction, or come to know.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 4:10
Complete exact-word concordance
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
It is good for me that I haue bene afflicted: that I might learne thy statutes.
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
¶ Thy hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue me vnderstanding, that I may learne thy commandements.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To gain or receive knowledge; to receive instruction; to take pattern; with of. To receive information or intelligence.