King James Version

Psalms 119:46

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

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וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣הvaadabrahand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and speak”, a determination or requestH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.בְ֭עֵדֹתֶיךָveedoteykhain testimonyעֵדָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in testimony”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5713testimonytestimony, witness. Compare H5712 (עֵדָה).נֶ֥גֶדnegedagainstנֶגֶדpreposition — “against”H5048a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or beforeabout, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.מְלָכִ֗יםmelakhimkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אֵבֽוֹשׁevoshbe confoundedבּוּשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be confounded”, an unfinished actionH954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will also speak of Thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.

World English Bible

I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

Darby Translation

And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will also speak of Thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐλάλουν ἐν τοῖς μαρτυρίοις σου ἐναντίον βασιλέων, καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχυνόμην.