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The Song of the Slandered

Psalms 109:18

In 10 translations

BSB
The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
KJV
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.into his bowels: Heb. within him
WEB
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
ASV
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
LSV
And he puts on reviling as his robe, || And it comes in as water into his midst, || And as oil into his bones.
YLT
And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.
DBY
And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;
GNV
As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.
JPS
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment, and it is come into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones.
LXXE108:18
Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.

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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
וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ קְלָלָ֗ה כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹ וַתָּבֹ֣א כַמַּ֣יִם בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְ֝כַשֶּׁ֗מֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃
LXX-Br108:18
Καὶ ἐνεδύσατο κατάραν ὡς ἱμάτιον, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὡσεὶ ὕδωρ εἰς τὰ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὡσεὶ ἔλαιον ἐν τοῖς ὀστέοις αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
  • Numbers 5:22May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
  • Colossians 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
  • Matthew 27:3–5When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.…
  • Job 20:12–16Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him. He swallows…
  • Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
  • 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
  • Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
  • Numbers 5:27When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will…
  • Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
  • Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
  • Acts 1:18(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
  • Job 20:20–23Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure. Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure. In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of…

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