What Does Psalm 30:6 Mean in the King James?

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

Psalm 30:6 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

Prosperity makes one calm season feel like permanent footing, while the Hebrew verb says the claim is that nothing can ever make the speaker totter.

THE MEANING

A settled season can feel like permanent ground, and from inside that ease the heart calls its footing unshakable. The verse exposes how quickly present comfort can be mistaken for lasting security.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that a period of stability proves nothing can ever shake me.

THE ROOT

אֶמּוֹט

ʾemmōṭ

GROWS FROM

מוט

To totter, slip, or waver.

“moved” in this verse is ʾemmōṭ. The Hebrew verb pictures losing one’s footing, not simply changing position. The verse turns a present season of ease into a claim that such a slip can never happen; the root exposes the leap from current stability to permanent security.

ALSO GROWS

yimmōṭû: They totter or are moved.

יִמּוֹטוּ

This plural form carries the same root’s image of footing giving way, showing that the verse’s claim of immovability speaks directly to the possibility of being shaken.

mōṭāh: A yoke-bar or pole.

מוֹטָה

This noun shares the root’s consonants and makes its movement concrete: a bar or yoke bears weight, giving the verse’s language of stability a physical edge.

THE PATTERN

A present sense of stability can turn into a claim of permanence before the ground is tested.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

Psalm 10:6 · KJVLike this verse, it gives voice to certainty that present security will last.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18 · KJVIt places the confidence of standing immediately beside the possibility of falling.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

1 Corinthians 10:12 · KJVIt shows that the feeling of standing does not itself guarantee unshakable footing.

THE THREAD

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Psalm 62:2 · KJV

This verse uses the same Hebrew root, ⁨מוט⁩, for “moved,” so both describe stability as not tottering. Psalm 30:6 places that claim in a season of prosperity; Psalm 62:2 joins it to rock and defense, giving the same root a different ground for confidence.

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