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O God, Be Not Silent

Psalms 83:12

In 11 translations

BSB
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
KJV
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
WEB
who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
ASV
Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.
LSV
Who have said, “Let us occupy the pastures of God for ourselves.”
YLT
Who have said, 'Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
DBY
For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.Elohim
DRC82:13
Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.
GNV
Which haue said, Let vs take for our possession the habitations of God.
JPS83:13
Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'
LXXE82:13
who said, Let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.Alex. sanctuary.

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Original-language editions

WLC83:13
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָ֭מְרוּ נִ֣ירֲשָׁה לָּ֑נוּ אֵ֝֗ת נְא֣וֹת אֱלֹהִֽים׃KJV:Ps.83.12
LXX-Br82:13
Οἵτινες εἶπαν, κληρονομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 20:11See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.
  • Psalms 74:7–8They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
  • Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

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  • 83:13 in some Bibles
  • 83:12 in most Bibles

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