Psalms 79:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

KJV

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

WEB

Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

ASV

And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

LSV

And return to our neighbors, || Sevenfold to their bosom, their reproach, || With which they reproached You, O Lord.

YLT

And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.

DBY

And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

DRC78:12

And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

GNV

And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche, wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.

JPS

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord.

LXXE78:12

Repay to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, O Lord.

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WLC

וְהָ֘שֵׁ֤ב לִשְׁכֵנֵ֣ינוּ שִׁ֭בְעָתַיִם אֶל־חֵיקָ֑ם חֶרְפָּ֘תָ֤ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר חֵרְפ֣וּךָ אֲדֹנָֽי׃

LXX-Br78:12

Ἀπόδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν ἑπταπλάσια εἰς τὸν κόλπον αὐτῶν τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν, ὃν ὠνείδισάν σε Κύριε.

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• Genesis 4:15“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
• Jeremiah 32:18You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
• Leviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
• Psalms 74:18–22Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. Consider Your covenant, for…
• Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
• Leviticus 26:28then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
• Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
• Psalms 44:16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
• Isaiah 65:5–7They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long. Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will…
• Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

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