Psalms 120:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!”
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BSBPD
“Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 120:5 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 10:2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Genesis 25:13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- 1 Samuel 25:1When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- Song of Solomon 1:5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Isaiah 60:6Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
- Jeremiah 9:6You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
- Jeremiah 49:28Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
- Ezekiel 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
- Ezekiel 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
- Ezekiel 38:2“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
- Ezekiel 39:1“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
- Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
- 2 Peter 2:7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
- Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
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