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 DomainASVPD
“Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 109:9 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lamentations 5:3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
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