Psalms 119:103 KJV
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Thou and Ye
- thy one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
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Cross References
- Proverbs 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
- Psalms 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
- Proverbs 24:13–14 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: …
- Psalms 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
- Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Song of Solomon 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
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Topics
- Affections Should be set upon the commandments of God
- Instruction Unclassified scriptures relating to Instruction
- Poetry Acrostic
- Psalms Didactic
- Word of God Unclassified scriptures relating to Word of God
Hebrew and Strong’s
- How sweet מַה mah Interrogative נִּמְלְצוּ nimlĕṣû מָלַץ Verb · niphal perfect, third person common plural
- are thy words אִמְרָתֶךָ ʾimrātekā אִמְרָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- unto my taste לְחִכִּי lĕḥikkî חֵךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
- than honey מִדְּבַשׁ middĕbaš דְּבַשׁ Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- to my mouth לְפִי lĕpî פֶּה Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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