Psalms 109:8
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
KJV
Let his days be few; Andlet another take his office.
ASV
יִֽהְיֽוּ יָמָ֥י/ו מְעַטִּ֑ים פְּ֝קֻדָּת֗/וֹ יִקַּ֥ח אַחֵֽר
Hebrew
His days are few, his oversight another taketh,
YLT
Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ם
m
noun · 32×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Acts 1:20 · echo"For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take."Psalm 109: let another take his office — applied to replacing Judas
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 3:29 — Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on
- Acts 1:16 — Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
- Acts 1:20 — For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
- Ps 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.