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I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

Psalms 9:3

In 11 translations

BSB
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
KJV
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
WEB
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
ASV
When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
LSV
In my enemies turning backward, || They stumble and perish from Your face.
YLT
In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
DBY
When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:
DRC9:4
When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish before thy face.
GNV
For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
JPS9:4
When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;
LXXE9:4
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.

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Original-language editions

WLC9:4
בְּשׁוּב־אוֹיְבַ֥י אָח֑וֹר יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ וְ֝יֹאבְד֗וּ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃KJV:Ps.9.3
LXX-Br9:4
Ἐν τῷ ἀποστραφῆναι τὸν ἐχθρόν μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἀσθενήσουσι καὶ ἀπολοῦνται ἀπὸ προσώπου σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
  • Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Psalms 76:7You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
  • Psalms 80:16Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
  • Revelation 6:12–17And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like…
  • Isaiah 64:3When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
  • Psalms 68:1–2God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence. As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 9:4 in some Bibles
  • 9:3 in most Bibles

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