Psalms 59:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

KJV

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

WEB

Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

ASV

Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

LSV

Do not slay them, lest my people forget, || Shake them by Your strength, || And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

YLT

Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

DBY

Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

DRC58:12

God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector:

GNV

Slay them not, least my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them downe, O Lord our shield,

JPS59:12

Slay them not, lest my people forget, make them wander to and fro by Thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

LXXE58:12

Slay them not, lest they forget thy law; scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.some read λαοῦ 'people'.

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WLC59:12

אַל־תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם ׀ פֶּֽן־יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ עַמִּ֗י הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ בְ֭חֵילְךָ וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ אֲדֹנָֽי׃KJV:Ps.59.11

LXX-Br58:12

Μὴ ἀποκτείνῃς αὐτοὺς, μήποτε ἐπιλάθωνται τοῦ νόμου σου· διασκόρπισον αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου, καὶ κατάγαγε αὐτοὺς ὁ ὑπερασπιστής μου Κύριε.

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• Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
• Revelation 9:6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
• Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
• Deuteronomy 4:27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
• Luke 1:51–52He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
• Ezekiel 12:15–16And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries. But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which…
• Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
• Judges 1:6–7As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have…
• Luke 21:21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.
• Genesis 4:12–15When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, this day You have…
• Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
• Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
• Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Deuteronomy 30:3–4then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will…
• Ezekiel 14:22–23Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have…
• Psalms 106:27to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

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