Verse | Translation | Text |
Ps 84:10 | Strong Concordance | For a day [03117] in thy courts [02691] is better [02896] than a thousand [0505]. I had rather [0977] be a doorkeeper [05605] in the house [01004] of my God [0430], than to dwell [01752] in the tents [0168] of wickedness [07562]. |
King James | For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
I had . . . doorkeeper--literally, "I choose to sit on the threshold," the meanest place. |