KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 89:39–40
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Psalms 89:39
39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
39Thou hast made voyd the couenant of thy seruant: thou hast profaned his crowne, by casting it to the ground.
Psalms 89:40
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
40Thou hast broken downe all his hedges: thou hast brought his strong holds to ruine.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 89:39
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Empty, vacant, lacking, or without effect; as a verb, to empty or make of no effect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A solemn, binding agreement, pledge, or declared arrangement; in Scripture, especially one established by God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Caused to be treated as common, disgraced, or given over in judgment.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A royal head ornament; by extension, kingship, honour, reward, or the top of the head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The earth or soil; a foundation, basis, or reason; also to establish firmly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 89:40
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Fences, thickets, walls, or protective enclosures; figuratively, barriers or defenses; as a verb, encloses or obstructs.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Fortified places, strongholds, or places of defense; as a verb, keeps, grasps, possesses, or restrains.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Destruction, overthrow, decay, or the cause of such loss; also to destroy or fall into decay.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 39
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Open the full verse study16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
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Open the full verse study7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
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Open the full verse study28Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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Open the full verse study34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
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Open the full verse study12And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
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Open the full verse study7Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
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Open the full verse study11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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Open the full verse study3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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Open the full verse study10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
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Open the full verse study44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
From verse 40
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Open the full verse study12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
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Open the full verse study2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
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Open the full verse study5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
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Open the full verse study5And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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Open the full verse study10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
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Open the full verse study2And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,
3With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
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Open the full verse study5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
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Open the full verse study1AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
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