Psalms 119:92
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. | If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction. | Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| if not | לוּלֵ֣י | lu-LEI | H3884 | unlessלוּלֵא (lu.le) unless, if not, except |
| law your | ת֭וֹרָתְךָ | TO-ra-te-kha | H8451 | instructionתּוֹרָה (to.rah) 1) law, direction, instruction 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine) 1a1) body of prophetic teaching 1a2) instruction in Messianic age 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction 1a4) body of legal directives 1b) law 1b1) law of the burnt offering 1b2) of special law, codes of law 1c) custom, manner 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law |
| [had been] delights my | שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֑י | sha-'a-shu-'AI | H8191 | delightשַׁעֲשֻׁעִים (sha.shu.a) 1) delight, enjoyment 1a) delight 1b) object of delight |
| then | אָ֝֗ז | 'Az | H0227A | thenאֱדַ֫יִן (e.da.yin) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time Aramaic of az (אָז "then" H0227A) |
| I perished | אָבַ֥דְתִּי | 'a-VAD-ti | H0006 | to perishאָבַד (a.vad) 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (אֲבַד "to destroy" H0007) |
| in affliction my | בְעָנְיִֽי׃ | ve-'a-ne-YI | H6040 | afflictionעֳנִי (o.ni) 1) affliction, poverty, misery 1a) affliction 1b) poverty |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.