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The Song of the Slandered

Psalms 109:11

In 11 translations

BSB
May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
KJV
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
WEB
Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
ASV
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
LSV
An exactor lays a snare for all that he has, || And strangers spoil his labor.
YLT
An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.
DBY
Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;
DRC108:11
May the userer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.
GNV
Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, and let the strangers spoile his labour.
JPS
Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.
LXXE108:11
Let his creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
יְנַקֵּ֣שׁ נ֭וֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְיָבֹ֖זּוּ זָרִ֣ים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br108:11
Ἐξερευνησάτω δανειστὴς πάντα ὅσα ὑπάρχει αὐτῷ, καὶ διαρπασάτωσαν ἀλλότριοι τοὺς πόνους αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
  • Deuteronomy 28:50–51a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young. They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or…
  • Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
  • Deuteronomy 28:33–34A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed. You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
  • Job 18:9–19A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him. A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path. Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step. His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at…
  • Deuteronomy 28:29and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
  • Judges 6:3–6Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them, encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land.…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 108:11 in some Bibles
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