This is an older English form for the present tense of the verb 'to live'. Nowadays it would be translated as 'lives.'
"I know that my Redeemer Liveth"from Handel.
i think she may have as she said when she died" all must die,but tis enough if her child liveth"
"all must die, but tis enough that her child liveth"
King David said it to the prophet Nathan.
Robert Wright Stopford has written: 'None of us liveth to himself' -- subject(s): Missions, Theory
1Kings:17:1: And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Jesus is our moral living, for Galatians 2.20. says: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
The verse in question makes multiple Old Testament appearances, but doesn't appear in the New Testament.2 Samuel 22:47 - The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.Psalm 18:46 - The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.(KJV)Additional Comment:In the NKJV, the term 'rock' is capitalized indicating a person/being.This shout out of faith became a motto in those times especially when shouted out against the false gods of other nations - lifeless gods. The Christian 'Rock' is Christ as it surely was for the patriarchs, prophets, and King David - known as the Word:1 Corinthians 10:4New International Version (NIV)4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
Plaque inside Washington's Tomb ("I am the Resurrection and the Life; sayeth the Lord. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die." John 11. 25.26) http://www.presidentialgraves.com/graves/george-washington
It was probably John Revelation 1: 17 And when I saw him, I [John] fell at his [Jesus'] feet as dead. And he [Jesus'] laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I [Jesus'] am the first and the last: 18 I [Jesus'] am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I [Jesus'] am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
In the King James version the word - Elijah - first appears in * 1 Kin 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Galatians 2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.