Psalm 109:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
I am passingנֶהֱלָ֑כְתִּי
(ne·he·la·che·ti;)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
like a shadowכְּצֵל־
(ke·tzel-)
6738: a shadowfrom tsalal
when it lengthens;כִּנְטֹותֹ֥ו
(kin·to·v·tov)
5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, benda prim. root
I am shaken offנִ֝נְעַ֗רְתִּי
(nin·'ar·ti)
5287: to shake, shake out or offa prim. root
like the locust.כָּֽאַרְבֶּֽה׃
(ka·'ar·beh.)
697: (a kind of) locustfrom rabah


















KJV Lexicon
I am gone
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
like the shadow
tsel  (tsale)
shade, whether literal or figurative -- defence, shade(-ow).
when it declineth
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
I am tossed up and down
na`ar  (naw-ar')
to tumble about -- shake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down.
as the locust
'arbeh  (ar-beh')
a locust (from its rapid increase) -- grasshopper, locust.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.

King James Bible
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

International Standard Version
I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

NET Bible
I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
My steps have declined like the shadow and I am driven like locusts!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.

King James 2000 Bible
I am gone like the shadow when it declines: I am shaken off like the locust.
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