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Psalms 125:5

125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be on Israel.

What does Psalms 125:5 mean?

Psalms 125:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָטָה (nâṭâh), עֲקַלְקַל (ʻăqalqal), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh).

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As
for
such
as
turn
asideנָטָהnâṭâh/naw-taw'/H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
unto
their
crooked
ways,עֲקַלְקַלʻăqalqal/ak-al-kal'/H6128winding
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
shall
lead
them
forthיָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
with
the
workersפָּעַלpâʻal/paw-al'/H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
of
iniquity:אָוֶןʼâven/aw-ven'/H205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
but
peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôwm/shaw-lome'/H7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
shall
be
upon
Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 125:5.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 35:21

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

Job 31:3

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 34:8

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Psalms 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Psalms 28:3

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Psalms 36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

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What does Psalms 125:5 say?

Psalms 125:5 (King James Version) reads: "As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel."

Is Psalms 125:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 125:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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