Psalms 109:19

In 11 translations

BSB

May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

KJV

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

WEB

Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

ASV

Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

LSV

It is to him as apparel—he covers himself, || And he girds it on for a continual girdle.

YLT

It is to him as apparel — he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.

DBY

Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

DRC108:19

May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.

GNV

Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.

JPS

Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'

LXXE108:19

Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.

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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

תְּהִי־ל֭וֹ כְּבֶ֣גֶד יַעְטֶ֑ה וּ֝לְמֵ֗זַח תָּמִ֥יד יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br108:19

Γενηθήτω αὐτῷ ὡς ἱμάτιον ὃ περιβάλλεται, καὶ ὡσεὶ ζώνη ἣν διαπαντὸς περιζώννυται.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 109:29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
• Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
• Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
• Psalms 109:18The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

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