Psalms 107:18

107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

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Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

Their soul abhors all manner of meat; and they draw near to the gates of death.

107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

What does Psalms 107:18 mean?

Psalms 107:18 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh), תַּעָב (taʻâb), אֹכֶל (ʼôkel).

Hebrew interlinear

Their

soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

abhorrethתַּעָבtaʻâb/taw-ab'/H8581to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest

all

manner

meat;אֹכֶלʼôkel/o'-kel/H400food

and

they

draw

nearנָגַעnâgaʻ/naw-gah'/H5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)

unto

the

gatesשַׁעַרshaʻar/shah'-ar/H8179an opening, i.e. door or gate

death.מָוֶתmâveth/maw'-veth/H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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Chastisement Prayer Sickness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 107:18.

Exodus 12:4

And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

Leviticus 11:31

These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

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What does Psalms 107:18 say?

Psalms 107:18 (King James Version) reads: "Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death."

Is Psalms 107:18 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 107:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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