Psalms 109:29
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
KJV
Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
ASV
יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שׂוֹטְנַ֣/י כְּלִמָּ֑ה וְ/יַעֲט֖וּ כַ/מְעִ֣יל בָּשְׁתָּֽ/ם
Hebrew
Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe is their shame.
YLT
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonour. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֹ֖שֶׁת
bsht
noun · 31×
יַעְטֶ֑ה
y'th
verb · 17×
ם
m
noun · 30×
ם
m
verb · 110×
מְעִ֥יל
m'yl
noun · 28×
נִי
ny
verb · 6×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 12:2 — And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Jer 3:25 — We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD o
- Jer 20:11 — But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confu
- Job 8:22 — They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
- Job 8:22 — They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
- Mic 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
- Mic 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
- Ps 6:10 — Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
- Ps 35:26 — Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
- Ps 70:2 — Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- Ps 71:13 — Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
- Ps 86:17 — Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
- Ps 89:45 — The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
- Ps 109:17 — As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
- Ps 109:19 — Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
- Ps 132:18 — His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
- Ps 132:18 — His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
- Ps 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.