Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
The 1611 reading
Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy lawe is my delight.
KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Delicate, young, or weak. 2. Sensitive. 3. Compassionate.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 18:7
Complete exact-word concordance
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Let thy tender mercies come vnto me, that I may liue: for thy lawe is my delight.
Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy iudgements.
1611 marginal noteOr, many.
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are ouer all his workes.
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
For I was my fathers sonne, tender and onely beloued in the sight of my mother.
1611 marginal note1.Chron. 29.1.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruell.
1611 marginal noteOr, bowels.
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The hay appeareth, and the tender grasse sheweth it selfe, and herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
The fig tree putteth foorth her greene figs, and the vines with the tender grape giue a good smell. Arise, my loue, my faire one, and come away.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Take vs the foxes, the litle foxes, that spoile the vines: for our vines haue tender grapes.
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Let vs get vp earely to the vineyards, let vs see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appeare, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I giue thee my loues.
1611 marginal noteHeb. open.
COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
¶ Come downe and sit in the dust: O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Caldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
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