Psalms 83:2

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“See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.”

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BSBPD

“See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 83:2 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 8:28In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
  2. 2 Kings 19:28Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
  3. Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  4. Psalms 74:4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
  5. Psalms 74:23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
  6. Psalms 75:4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
  7. Psalms 81:15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
  8. Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
  9. Psalms 109:1O God of my praise, be not silent.
  10. Isaiah 17:12Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
  11. Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
  12. Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
  13. Jeremiah 1:19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
  14. Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
  15. Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
  16. Acts 4:25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  17. Acts 16:22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
  18. Acts 17:5The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
  19. Acts 19:28When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
  20. Acts 21:30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
  21. Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
  22. Acts 23:10The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.

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