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King James Version

Psalms 79:12

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Reviling and Reproaching;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Seven;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apparel;   Dress;   Seven;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dress;   Tobiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asaph;   Priests and Levites;   Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Seven;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bosom;   Intercession;   Number;   Psalms, Book of;   Worship;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
Geneva Bible (1587)
And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche, wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.
Christian Standard Bible®
Pay back sevenfold to our neighborsthe reproach they have hurled at you, Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
Easy-to-Read Version
Punish the nations around us! Pay them back seven times for what they did to us. Punish them for insulting you.
Amplified Bible
And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.
American Standard Version
And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Contemporary English Version
Each of those nations sneered at you, our Lord. Now let others sneer at them, seven times as much.
Complete Jewish Bible
Repay our neighbors sevenfold where they can feel it for the insults they inflicted on you, Adonai.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach,
King James Version (1611)
And render vnto our neighbours seuen fold into their bosome, their reproach wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Repay to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, O Lord.
English Revised Version
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Berean Standard Bible
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
Lexham English Bible
And return to our neighbors sevenfold upon them their taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord.
Literal Translation
And reward our neighbors sevenfold. Give into their bosom their curse with which they have cursed You, O Lord.
New Century Version
Repay those around us seven times over for their insults to you, Lord.
New English Translation
Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!
New King James Version
And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
New Living Translation
O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times for the scorn they have hurled at you.
New Life Bible
And return to our neighbors seven times the shame that they have brought You, O Lord.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Return, therefore, unto our neighbours - Sevenfold, into their own bosom, The reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Adonay!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(78-12) And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
George Lamsa Translation
And render to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O LORD.
Good News Translation
Lord, pay the other nations back seven times for all the insults they have hurled at you.
New American Standard Bible
And return to our neighbors seven times as much into their lap Their taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And rewarde thou our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome: their blasphemie wherewith they haue blasphemed thee O God.
New Revised Standard
Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!
Darby Translation
And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And yelde thou to oure neiyboris seuenfoold in the bosum of hem; the schenschip of hem, which thei diden schenschipfuli to thee, thou Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.
World English Bible
Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
Revised Standard Version
Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!
Update Bible Version
And render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord.
Webster's Bible Translation
And render to our neighbors seven-fold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Bible in Basic English
And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O let the soroufull sighinge of the presoners come before the, and acordinge vnto ye power of thine arme, preserue those yt are appoynted to dye.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosomThe reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

Contextual Overview

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; 12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

render: Genesis 4:15, Leviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:28, Isaiah 65:5-7, Jeremiah 32:18, Luke 6:38

wherewith: See note on Psalms 44:16, and see note on Psalms 74:18-22.

Reciprocal: Numbers 15:30 - reproacheth 1 Samuel 17:26 - reproach 2 Kings 19:16 - which hath sent Nehemiah 2:17 - a reproach Nehemiah 4:4 - turn Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 42:3 - while Psalms 59:12 - For the Isaiah 37:17 - hear Isaiah 65:6 - but Jeremiah 51:51 - are confounded Lamentations 5:1 - behold Hebrews 10:33 - by reproaches

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And render unto our neighbours seven fold into their bosom, ec.] Not seven fold for one, as the Targum paraphrases it, or a seven fold punishment for one sin; but that he would recompense their sins, or punish for them, and take vengeance on them, largely, abundantly, though not beyond measure, or exceeding the rules of justice; see Genesis 4:15,

the reproach with which they have reproached thee, O Lord; by denying his being, or calling in question his perfections of power, truth, and goodness, to help his people; speaking ill of his providence, despising his word and ordinances, and even reproaching his people in reproaching him, Psalms 89:50, and this is what a righteous recompence is desired for; see Lamentations 3:64.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And render unto our neighbors - That is, the neighbors who had reproached them; the surrounding people who had seen these calamities come upon them, and who had regarded these calamities as proof that their God was unable to protect them, or that they were suffering under his displeasure. See the notes at Psalms 79:4. “Sevenfold.” Seven times the amount of reproach which they have heaped upon us. The word seven is often used to denote many, as seven was one of the perfect numbers. The idea is that of complete or full vengeance. Compare Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:24; Proverbs 6:31; Isaiah 30:26; Matthew 18:21-22; Luke 17:4.

Into their bosom ... - Perhaps the allusion here is to the custom of carrying things in the bosom of the flowing dress as it was girded around the loins. “Let them be made to carry with them seven times the amount of reproach which they have endeavored to heap on us.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 79:12. Sevenfold into their bosom — That is, Let them get in this world what they deserve for the cruelties they have inflicted on us. Let them suffer in captivity, who now have us in bondage. Probably this is a prediction.


 
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