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Psalms 21:8

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Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:25Rank 1 from verse 8
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    25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

  2. Psalms 110:1–2Rank 2 from verse 8
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    1THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

    2The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

  3. Luke 19:27Rank 3 from verse 8
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    27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  4. Psalms 72:9Rank 4 from verse 8
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    9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

  5. Revelation 19:15Rank 5 from verse 8
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    15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

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Psalms 21:8

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21:1THE king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

21:2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

21:3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

21:4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

21:5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

21:6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

21:7For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

21:8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

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21:9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

21:10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

21:12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

21:13Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

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