Psalm 49:5
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שֶׁרֶשׁ
sheresh
a root (literally or figuratively)
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Key Terms in This Verse
סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
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