Psalms 119:100

119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

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I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.

119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

What does Psalms 119:100 mean?

Psalms 119:100 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בִּין (bîyn), זָקֵן (zâqên), נָצַר (nâtsar).

Hebrew interlinear

understandבִּיןbîyn/bene/H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

than

the

ancients,זָקֵןzâqên/zaw-kane'/H2205old

because

keepנָצַרnâtsar/naw-tsar'/H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)

thy

precepts.פִּקּוּדpiqqûwd/pik-kood'/H6490properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)

Topics

Instruction Obedience

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:100.

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. led: or, compassed

Psalms 119:56

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

Psalms 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 119:100 say?

Psalms 119:100 (King James Version) reads: "I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts."

Is Psalms 119:100 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:100 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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