Psalms 68:21
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
KJV
in conspectu tuo sunt omnes qui tribulant me. Improperium exspectavit cor meum et miseriam : et sustinui qui simul contristaretur, et non fuit ; et qui consolaretur, et non inveni.
Vulgate
ὀνειδισμὸν προσεδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν· καὶ ὑπέμεινα συνλυπούμενον, καὶ οὐχ ὑπῆρξεν, καὶ παρακαλοῦντα, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον.
LXX
But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
ASV
הָ֤/אֵ֣ל לָ/נוּ֮ אֵ֤ל לְֽ/מוֹשָׁ֫ע֥וֹת וְ/לֵ/יהוִ֥ה אֲדֹנָ֑/י לַ֝/מָּ֗וֶת תּוֹצָאֽוֹת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Do we then run and labor in vain? Are we sowing upon the rocks? Does the seed fall upon the rocks? Does the seed fall without our knowing it by the wayside, and among thorns? I am greatly troubled and fear, lest our husbandry be unprofitable; not as though I shall be a loser as well as you, touching the reward of this labor. For it is not with those who teach as it is with h…
Cross-references
- Amos 9:1 — I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he
- Ezek 18:27 — Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
- Hab 3:13 — Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
- Heb 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
- Luke 13:5 — I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
- Prov 1:24 — Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
- Ps 7:12 — If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- 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.
- Ps 110:6 — He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
- Ps 110:6 — He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
- Rev 2:14 — But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed u