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Psalms 81:14

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

KJV

I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

ASV

ל֗וּ עַ֭מִּ/י שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֑/י יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל בִּ/דְרָכַ֥/י יְהַלֵּֽכוּ

Hebrew

As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,

YLT

I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ל֥וּ
lv
conjunction · 25×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 1:8 — And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord
  • Amos 1:8 — And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord
  • Josh 23:13 — Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eye
  • Judg 2:20 — And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
  • Lev 26:8 — And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
  • Num 14:9 — Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
  • Num 14:45 — Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
  • Ps 47:3 — He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
  • Ps 47:3 — He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.