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Psalms 72:9

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

KJV

Posuerunt in cælum os suum, et lingua eorum transivit in terra.

Vulgate

ἔθεντο εἰς οὐρανὸν τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν διῆλθεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

LXX

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

ASV

לְ֭/פָנָי/ו יִכְרְע֣וּ צִיִּ֑ים וְ֝/אֹיְבָ֗י/ו עָפָ֥ר יְלַחֵֽכוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
verb · 282×
יְלַחֲכ֤וּ
ylchkv
verb · 6×
כָֽרְעוּ֙
kr'v
verb · 36×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צִיִּ֑ים
tsyym
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:35 — Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
  • Gen 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
  • Gen 43:26 — And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
  • Isa 18:7 — In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot,
  • Isa 45:24 — Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
  • Isa 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I
  • Isa 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I
  • Isa 52:15 — So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
  • Mark 5:6 — But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
  • Matt 2:1 — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
  • Mic 7:17 — They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
  • Mic 7:17 — They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
  • Ps 21:8 — Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
  • Ps 74:14 — Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
  • Ps 95:6 — O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.