King James Version

Psalms 21:4

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 21:5.

חַיִּ֤יםchayimlifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.שָׁאַ֣לshaaldemandשָׁאַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “demand”, a completed actionH7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demandask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.מִ֭מְּךָmimkhafromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.נָתַ֣תָּהnatatahgiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לּ֑וֹlvotoלּ֑וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toאֹ֥רֶךְorekhlengthאֹרֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.יָ֝מִ֗יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…עוֹלָ֥םolamalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…וָעֶֽדvaedand eternityעַדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and eternity”, the ordinary formH5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)eternity, ever(-lasting, -more), old, perpetually, [phrase] world without end.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(21-5) He asked life of Thee, Thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.

Young’s Literal Translation

Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him — length of days, Age-during — and for ever.

World English Bible

He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

Darby Translation

He asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, length of days for ever and ever.

Douay-Rheims

But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(21-5) He asked life of Thee, Thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ζωὴν ᾐτήσατό σε, καὶ ἔδωκας αὐτῷ μακρότητα ἡμερῶν εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος.