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Psalms 120:5

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

KJV

Dominus custodit te ; Dominus protectio tua super manum dexteram tuam.

Vulgate

Κύριος φυλάξει σε, Κύριος σκέπη σου ἐπὶ χεῖρα δεξιάν σου·

LXX

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

ASV

אֽוֹיָה לִ֭/י כִּי גַ֣רְתִּי מֶ֑שֶׁךְ שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּי עִֽם אָהֳלֵ֥י קֵדָֽר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Kedar

In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
אֽוֹיָה
'vyh
particle · 1×
גָּ֣ר
gr
verb · 98×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מֶ֖שֶׁךְ
mshk
proper_noun · 9×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
קֵדָ֔ר
qdr
proper_noun · 12×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 26:19 — Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be t
  • Ezek 27:13 — Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
  • Gen 10:2 — The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
  • Gen 25:13 — And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
  • Gen 25:13 — And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
  • Hab 1:3 — Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
  • Isa 21:16 — For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
  • Isa 42:11 — Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
  • Jer 2:10 — For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
  • Jer 49:29 — Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
  • Prov 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
  • Ps 35:20 — For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
  • Rom 12:18 — If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
  • Song 1:5 — I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
  • Song 1:5 — I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.