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2 Samuel 22:28

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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.	And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.	For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the afflicted^H6041 people^H5971 thou wilt save^H3467: but thine eyes^H5869 are upon the haughty^H7311, that thou mayest bring them down^H8213.

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Original Hebrew

וְאֶת־עַם עָנִי תֹּושִׁיעַ וְעֵינֶיךָ עַל־רָמִים תַּשְׁפִּיל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
עַ֥ם	'am	H5971	HNcmsa	a people
עָנִ֖י	'a.Ni	H6041	HAamsa	afflicted
תּוֹשִׁ֑יעַ	to.Shi.a'	H3467	HVhi2ms	you save
וְ/עֵינֶ֖י/ךָ	ve./'ei.Nei./kha	H5869	HC/Ncbdc/Sp2ms	and/ eyes/ your
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	(are) on
רָמִ֥ים	ra.Mim	H7311	HVqrmpa	haughty (people)
תַּשְׁפִּֽיל	tash.Pil	H8213	HVhi2ms	you bring (them) low

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H3467 — יָשַׁע (yâshaʻ, yaw-shah'): a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor; [idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H6041 — עָנִי (ʻânîy, aw-nee'): from עָנָה; (practically the same as עָנָו, although the margin constantly disputes this, making עָנָו subjective and objective); depressed, in mind or circumstances; afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
• H7311 — רוּם (rûwm, room): a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively); bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
• H8213 — שָׁפֵל (shâphêl, shaw-fale'): a primitive root; to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive); abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• afflicted — Exodus 3:7-8, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 72:12-13, Psalms 140:12, Isaiah 61:1-3, Isaiah 63:9, Matthew 5:3
• but thine — Exodus 9:14-17, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 18:11, Job 40:11-12, Psalms 138:6, Proverbs 21:4, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 5:15, Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 37:28-29, Daniel 4:37, James 4:6-7, 1 Peter 5:5-6

Reciprocal references (1): Psalms 18:27

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BLINDNESS-VISION, HUMILITY-PRIDE
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, GOD, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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