Psalms 68:21

In 11 translations

BSB

Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

KJV

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

WEB

But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.

ASV

But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

LSV

Only—God strikes || The head of His enemies, || The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.

YLT

Only — God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.

DBY

Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.Elohim

DRC67:22

But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.

GNV

Surely God will wound the head of his enemies, and the hearie pate of him that walketh in his sinnes.

JPS68:22

Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.

LXXE67:22

But God shall crush the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses.

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WLC68:22

אַךְ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִמְחַץ֮ רֹ֤אשׁ אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו קָדְקֹ֥ד שֵׂעָ֑ר מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בַּאֲשָׁמָֽיו׃KJV:Ps.68.21

LXX-Br67:22

Πλὴν ὁ Θεὸς συνθλάσει κεφαλὰς ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ, κορυφὴν τριχὸς διαπορευομένων ἐν πλημμελείαις αὐτῶν.

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• Habakkuk 3:13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
• Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
• Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
• Luke 13:5No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
• Revelation 2:14–16But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual…
• Ezekiel 18:27–30But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life. Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live;…
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Hebrews 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, how…
• Proverbs 1:24–33Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, when…
• Mark 12:4Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.
• Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

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