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Psalms 149:8

149:7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

What does Psalms 149:8 mean?

Psalms 149:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָסַר (ʼâçar), מֶלֶךְ (melek), זִיקָה (zîyqâh).

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To
bindאָסַרʼâçar/aw-sar'/H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
their
kingsמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
with
chains,זִיקָהzîyqâh/zee-kaw'/H2131properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
and
their
noblesכָּבַדkâbad/kaw-bad'/H3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
with
fettersכֶּבֶלkebel/keh'-bel/H3525a fetter
of
iron;בַּרְזֶלbarzel/bar-zel'/H1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 149:8.

Genesis 39:20

And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Genesis 40:5

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

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What does Psalms 149:8 say?

Psalms 149:8 (King James Version) reads: "To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;"

Is Psalms 149:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 149:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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