Psalms 89:32

89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; break: Heb. profane

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

KJV

then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. will: Heb. I will not make void from him to fall: Heb. to lie

What does Psalms 89:32 mean?

Psalms 89:32 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּקַד (pâqad), פֶּשַׁע (peshaʻ), שֵׁבֶט (shêbeṭ).

Hebrew interlinear

Then

will

visitפָּקַדpâqad/paw-kad'/H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.

their

transgressionפֶּשַׁעpeshaʻ/peh'-shah/H6588a revolt (national, moral or religious)

with

the

rod,שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭ/shay'-bet/H7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

and

their

iniquityעָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

with

stripes.נֶגַעnegaʻ/neh'-gah/H5061a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)

Topics

Afflictions Anger of God, the Covenant, the

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 89:32.

Exodus 34:7

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Exodus 20:5

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Leviticus 16:21

And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a fit: Heb. a man of opportunity

Leviticus 18:25

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Numbers 14:18

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 89:32 say?

Psalms 89:32 (King James Version) reads: "Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes."

Is Psalms 89:32 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 89:32 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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