Psalms 63:10
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
KJV
et timuit omnis homo. Et annuntiaverunt opera Dei, et facta ejus intellexerunt.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐφοβήθη πᾶς ἄνθρωπος· καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τὰ ποιήματα αὐτοῦ συνῆκαν.
LXX
They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.
ASV
וְ/הֵ֗מָּה לְ֭/שׁוֹאָה יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑/י יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּֽ/תַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת הָ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
י
y
noun · 752×
שׁוֹאָ֖ה
shv'h
noun · 13×
תַּחְתִּ֗ית
tchtyt
noun · 19×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 35:5 — Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
- 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
- Judg 15:4 — And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.