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Psalms 109:10

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

KJV

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

ASV

וְ/נ֤וֹעַ יָנ֣וּעוּ בָנָ֣י/ו וְ/שִׁאֵ֑לוּ וְ֝/דָרְשׁ֗וּ מֵ/חָרְבוֹתֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

YLT

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
חָרְב֥וֹת
chrbvt
noun · 42×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
נ֖וּעַ
nv'
verb · 42×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 4:12 — When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
  • Job 15:23 — He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
  • Ps 37:25 — I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
  • Ps 59:15 — Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.