Psalms 109:12

In 11 translations

BSB

May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

KJV

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

WEB

Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.

ASV

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

LSV

He has none to extend kindness, || Nor is there one showing favor to his orphans.

YLT

He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.

DBY

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

DRC108:12

May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.

GNV

Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him: neither let there be any to shewe mercie vpon his fatherlesse children.

JPS

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.

LXXE108:12

Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.

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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

אַל־יְהִי־ל֭וֹ מֹשֵׁ֣ךְ חָ֑סֶד וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י ח֝וֹנֵ֗ן לִיתוֹמָֽיו׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br108:12

Μὴ ὑπαρξάτω αὐτῷ ἀντιλήμπτωρ, μηδὲ γενηθήτω οἰκτίρμων τοῖς ὀρφανοῖς αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
• Psalms 137:8–9O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
• Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
• James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Isaiah 13:18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
• Job 5:4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
• Luke 11:50–51As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar…
• Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is…
• Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

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