King James Version

Psalms 73:25

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

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מִיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.לִ֥יlitoלִ֥יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toבַשָּׁמָ֑יִםvashamayimin heavenשָׁמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗veimkhaand withעִםconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “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…חָפַ֥צְתִּיchafatstidesireחָפֵץverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “desire”, a completed actionH2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire[idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.בָאָֽרֶץvaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

World English Bible

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

Darby Translation

Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For what have I in heaven but thee ? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τί γάρ μοι ὑπάρχει ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ παρὰ σοῦ τί ἠθέλησα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;