Psalms 109:9
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
KJV
Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
ASV
יִֽהְיוּ בָנָ֥י/ו יְתוֹמִ֑ים וְ֝/אִשְׁתּ/וֹ אַלְמָנָֽה
Hebrew
His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
YLT
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַלְמָנָ֖ה
'lmnh
noun · 56×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יָּת֥וֹם
ytvm
noun · 42×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 28:18 — Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
- Exod 22:24 — And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- Exod 22:24 — And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- Jer 18:21 — Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to dea
- Jer 18:21 — Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to dea
- Job 20:26 — All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
- Lam 5:3 — We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.