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The Song of the Slandered

Psalms 109:14

In 11 translations

BSB
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
KJV
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
WEB
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
ASV
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
LSV
The iniquity of his fathers || Is remembered to YHWH, || And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.
YLT
The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.
DBY
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out;
DRC108:14
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
GNV
Let the iniquitie of his fathers bee had in remembrance with the Lord: and let not the sinne of his mother be done away.
JPS
Let the iniquity of his fathers be brought to remembrance unto the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
LXXE108:14
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יִזָּכֵ֤ר ׀ עֲוֺ֣ן אֲ֭בֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה וְחַטַּ֥את אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃
LXX-Br108:14
Ἀναμνησθείη ἡ ἀνομία τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐξαλειφθείη.

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  • Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • Nehemiah 4:5Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
  • Jeremiah 18:23But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
  • 2 Chronicles 22:3–4Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his…
  • Matthew 23:31–36So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of…
  • 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the…
  • 2 Kings 9:27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to…
  • 2 Kings 11:1When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
  • 2 Samuel 3:29May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
  • 2 Kings 8:27And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
  • 2 Kings 10:13–14Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.” Then Jehu ordered,…
  • Leviticus 26:39Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
  • Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
  • 2 Samuel 21:8–9But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. And he…

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