Psalms 79:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Psalms 79:12 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 79:12 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:15“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
- Leviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
- Leviticus 26:28then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Psalms 44:16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
- Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
- Psalms 89:52Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
- Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
- Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
- Isaiah 65:6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
- Jeremiah 32:18You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
- Ezekiel 35:12Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
- Ezekiel 36:7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.
- Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
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