Psalms 109:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.”

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BSBPD

“May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 109:9 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 22:24My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
  2. Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
  3. Lamentations 5:3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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