Psalms 69:23
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
KJV
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
ASV
יְהִֽי שֻׁלְחָנָ֣/ם לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֣ם לְ/פָ֑ח וְ/לִ/שְׁלוֹמִ֥ים לְ/מוֹקֵֽשׁ
Hebrew
Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.
YLT
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 71×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מוֹקֵֽשׁ
mvqsh
noun · 27×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פָּ֑ח
pch
noun · 27×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 19.—Of the 69th Psalm, in Which the Obstinate Unbelief of the Jews is Declared. But when the Jews will not in the least yield to the testimonies of this prophecy, which are so manifest, and are also brought by events to so clear and certain a completion, certainly that is fulfilled in them which is written in that psalm which here follows. For when the things which pert…
Chapter 46.—Of the Birth of Our Saviour, Whereby the Word Was Made Flesh; And of the Dispersion of the Jews Among All Nations, as Had Been Prophesied. While Herod, therefore, reigned in Judea, and Cæsar Augustus was emperor at Rome, the state of the republic being already changed, and the world being set at peace by him, Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judah, man manifest out o…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 3:14 — But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
- Dan 5:6 — Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
- Dan 5:6 — Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
- Isa 6:9 — And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
- Isa 29:10 — For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
- Jer 30:6 — Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
- Mark 8:18 — Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- Ps 102:17 — He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
- Rom 11:10 — Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
- Rom 11:10 — Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.