Psalms 75:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.”
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“For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For a cup <FI>is<Fi> in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 75:8 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
- Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
- Psalms 73:10So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
- Proverbs 23:30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
- Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
- Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.
- Isaiah 51:22Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
- Jeremiah 25:15This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
- Jeremiah 25:17So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
- Jeremiah 25:27“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Ezekiel 23:34You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.
- Revelation 14:9And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,
- Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
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