Psalms 83:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.””
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“saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from <FI>being<Fi> a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 83:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 1:10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
- Joshua 9:2they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
- Nehemiah 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
- Esther 3:6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
- Psalms 74:8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
- Proverbs 1:12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
- Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- Jeremiah 31:36“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
- Jeremiah 48:2There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
- Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
- Daniel 7:25He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Matthew 27:62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
- Acts 4:17But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
- Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
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