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Psalm 73

Psa. 73:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So foolish
ba`ar (Hebrew #1198)
properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid
KJV usage: brutish (person), foolish.
Pronounce: bah'-ar
Origin: from 1197
was I, and ηignorant
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
: I was as a beast
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
θbefore thee.
η
I knew not.
θ
with.

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Ministry on This Verse

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So.
Psa. 69:5• 5Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee. (Psa. 69:5)
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Psa. 92:6• 6A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it. (Psa. 92:6)
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Prov. 30:2• 2Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence. (Prov. 30:2)
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Eccl. 3:18• 18I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts. (Eccl. 3:18)
ignorant.
Heb. I knew not.
as a.
Psa. 32:9• 9Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee. (Psa. 32:9)
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Isa. 1:3• 3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence. (Isa. 1:3)
before thee.
Heb. with thee.
• But what he knows of himself is that he was as a beast in his heart's reasoning as it did. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee.