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The Song of the Slandered

Psalms 109:29

In 11 translations

BSB
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
KJV
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
WEB
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
ASV
Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
LSV
My accusers put on blushing, and are covered, || Their shame [is] as an upper robe.
YLT
Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame.
DBY
Let mine adversaries be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.
DRC108:29
Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with the their confusion as with a double cloak.
GNV
Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.
JPS
Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe.
LXXE108:29
Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שׂוֹטְנַ֣י כְּלִמָּ֑ה וְיַעֲט֖וּ כַמְעִ֣יל בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃
LXX-Br108:29
Ἐνδυσάσθωσαν οἱ ἐνδιαβάλλοντές με ἐντροπήν· καὶ περιβαλέσθωσαν ὡς διπλοΐδα αἰσχύνην αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.”
  • Job 8:22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
  • Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will…
  • Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • Psalms 109:17–19The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like…
  • Psalms 6:10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
  • Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame— she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
  • Psalms 140:9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

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

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