Psalms
Psalm 4:2
2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned?
How long will you love vanity and seek after liesa?
Selah
Footnotes
- a 4:2 Or false gods
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How long | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| O men | בְּנֵ֥י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| will my honor | כְבוֹדִ֣י | ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H3519 abundance, honour, glory |
| be maligned | לִ֭כְלִמָּה | liḵ·lim·māh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H3639 insult, reproach, ignominy |
| How long will you love | תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן | te·’ĕ·hā·ḇūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H157 love |
| vanity | רִ֑יק | rîq | Noun - masculine singular | H7385 emptiness, vanity |
| and seek after | תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ | tə·ḇaq·šū | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H1245 seek |
| lies | כָזָ֣ב | ḵā·zāḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H3577 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing |
| Selah | סֶֽלָה׃ | se·lāh | Interjection | H5542 lift up |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 1:22 · Hosea 4:7 · Psalm 3:3 · Jeremiah 2:11 · Psalm 106:20 · Psalm 5:6 · Ecclesiastes 8:11 · Ephesians 4:25 · 1 Samuel 12:21 · Isaiah 59:4 · Psalm 31:6 · Psalm 58:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.