Psalms 68:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.”
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“Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Only--God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 68:21 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:13But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
- Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
- Psalms 91:3Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
- Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
- Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Ezekiel 18:27But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
- Habakkuk 3:13You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
- Mark 12:4Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.
- Luke 13:5No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
- Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
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