Psalms 129:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.”
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BSBPD
“May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 129:5 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 6:16When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
- Esther 6:13Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
- Esther 9:5The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
- Psalms 40:15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
- Psalms 71:13May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
- Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
- Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
- Isaiah 29:8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
- Isaiah 37:35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- Micah 4:11But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
- Zechariah 1:14Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
- Zechariah 12:3On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
- Zechariah 12:6On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
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