Psalms 81:15

In 11 translations

BSB

Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

KJV

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.submitted…: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied

WEB

The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

ASV

The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

LSV

Those hating YHWH should have feigned [obedience] to Him, || And their time would last for all time.

YLT

Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.

DBY

The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

DRC80:16

The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.

GNV

The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.

JPS81:16

The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.

LXXE80:16

The Lord's enemies should have lied to him: but their time shall be for ever.sc. of the others.

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Original-language editions

WLC81:16

מְשַׂנְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־ל֑וֹ וִיהִ֖י עִתָּ֣ם לְעוֹלָֽם׃KJV:Ps.81.15

LXX-Br80:16

Οἱ ἐχθροὶ Κυρίου ἐψεύσαντο αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔσται ὁ καιρὸς αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,

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• Deuteronomy 7:10But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
• Romans 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
• Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
• Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Joel 3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
• Psalms 18:44–45When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me. Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
• Psalms 83:2–18See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads. With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of…
• Psalms 102:28The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
• John 15:22–23If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
• Isaiah 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

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