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Sing to the LORD a New Song

Psalms 149:7

In 11 translations

BSB
to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
KJV
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
WEB
to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;
ASV
To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;
LSV
To do vengeance among nations, || Punishments among the peoples.
YLT
To do vengeance among nations, Punishments among the peoples.
DBY
To execute vengeance against the nations, [and] punishment among the peoples;
DRC
To execute vengeance upon the nations, chastisements among the people:
GNV
To execute vengeance vpon the heathen, and corrections among the people:
JPS
To execute vengeance upon the nations, and chastisements upon the peoples;
LXXE
to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments among the peoples;

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Where the editions differ

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  • Leningrad Codex reads בַּל־אֻמִּֽים׃ (“not peoples”); other Hebrew manuscripts reads בָּלְאֻמִּים׃ (“among the peoples”).
  • other Hebrew manuscripts: בָּלְאֻמִּים׃ (“among the peoples”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת נְ֭קָמָה בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗ת בַּל־אֻמִּֽים׃
LXX-Br
Τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐκδίκησιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἐλεγμοὺς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Zechariah 14:17–19And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them. And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will…
  • 1 Samuel 15:2–3This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt. Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that…
  • Revelation 19:11–21Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His…
  • 1 Samuel 15:18–23and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’ So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil…
  • 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.
  • Numbers 31:2–3“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.” So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the…
  • Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
  • Zechariah 9:13–16For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man. Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow…

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