Psalms 79:6

King James Version

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!

Geneva Bible (1587)
Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathen that haue not knowen thee, and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy Name.

Christian Standard Bible®
Pour out your wrath on the nationsthat don’t acknowledge you,on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,

Hebrew Names Version
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your names;

Easy-to-Read Version
Turn your anger against the nations that do not know you, against the people who do not honor you as God.

Amplified Bible
Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

American Standard Version
Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

Contemporary English Version
Get angry with those nations that don't know you and won't worship you!

Complete Jewish Bible
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you, on the kingdoms that don't call out your name;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not,

King James Version (1611)
Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathen that haue not knowen thee, and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon thy name.

English Revised Version
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

Berean Standard Bible
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

Lexham English Bible
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name,

Literal Translation
Pour out Your wrath on the nations who have not known You, and on the kingdoms who have not called on Your name.

New Century Version
Be angry with the nations that do not know you and with the kingdoms that do not honor you.

New English Translation
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you!

New King James Version
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

New Living Translation
Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you— on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.

New Life Bible
Pour out Your anger on the nations that do not know You, and on the nations that do not call on Your name.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Pour out thy wrath, Upon the nations that have not known thee - and, Upon the kingdoms that, on thy Name, have not called.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(78-6) Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

George Lamsa Translation
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Good News Translation
Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you, on the people who do not pray to you.

New American Standard Bible
Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Powre out thine indignation vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee: and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name.

New Revised Standard
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.

Darby Translation
Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Schede out thin ire in to hethene men, that knowen not thee; and in to rewmes, that clepiden not thi name.

Young's Literal Translation
Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.

World English Bible
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your names;

Revised Standard Version
Pour out thy anger on the nations that do not know thee, and on the kingdoms that do not call on thy name!

Update Bible Version
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you, And on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.

Webster's Bible Translation
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Bible in Basic English
Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Poure out thy indignacion vpon the Heithen that knowe the not, and vpon the kyngdomes that call not vpon thy name.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

Legacy Standard Bible
Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You,And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

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

Pour: Psalms 69:24, Isaiah 42:25, Revelation 16:1-21

upon: Isaiah 13:1-22, Isaiah 21:1-17, Isaiah 23:1-18, Jeremiah 10:25, Jeremiah 25:29, Jeremiah 46:1 - Jeremiah 51:64

not known: Psalms 9:16, Psalms 9:17, Isaiah 45:4, Isaiah 45:5, John 16:3, John 17:25, Acts 17:23, Romans 1:28, 2 Thessalonians 1:8

not called: Psalms 14:4, Psalms 53:4, Psalms 145:18, Romans 10:12-14, 1 Corinthians 1:2

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 12:7 - and my wrath Job 18:21 - knoweth Psalms 9:19 - let the Psalms 136:15 - for his mercy Isaiah 43:22 - thou hast not Isaiah 63:19 - are thine Ezekiel 7:8 - pour Daniel 9:19 - for thy Zechariah 1:2 - Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Pour out thy wrath upon the Heathen that have not known thee,.... Who had poured out the blood of the saints like water, and therefore it was a righteous thing with God to pour out the cup of wrath in his hands, and cause them to drink the dregs of it: these words, though they are in the form of an imprecation, yet regard not private revenge, but public justice, and the honour of God; and, besides, may be considered as a prophecy of what would be, and particularly of God's pouring out the vials of his wrath on the antichristian states; who, though they profess Christianity, are no other than Heathens, and have no spiritual and serious knowledge of Christ:

and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name; but upon their idols of gold, silver, brass, and stone, on the Virgin Mary, angels, and saints departed; for these, besides the kingdoms of Babylon, Syria, and Rome Pagan, are the kingdoms of the ten kings, that gave their kingdoms to the beast, and committed fornication, i.e. idolatry, with the whore of Rome; see Revelation 17:2, these words are referred to in Jeremiah 10:25 and also the following.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen - Punish, as they deserve, the nations that have risen up against thy people, and that have brought; desolation upon the land. The word rendered here pour out is used with reference to a cup or vial, as containing a mixture for the people to drink - of intoxication, or of poison. See the notes at Revelation 16:1; notes at Psalms 11:6; notes at Isaiah 51:17; compare Jeremiah 25:15, Jeremiah 25:17; Matthew 20:22; Matthew 26:39, Matthew 26:42.

That have not known thee - Who are strangers to thee; who are thy enemies. The prayer that the wrath of God might be poured upon them was not because they were ignorant of him, but on account of their wicked conduct toward the people of God. The phrase “that have not known thee” is used merely to designate them, or to describe their character. The prayer is not necessarily a prayer for vengeance, or in the spirit of revenge; it is simply a prayer that justice might be done to them, and is such a prayer as any man may offer who is anxious that justice may be done in the world. See remarks on the imprecations in the Psalms. General Introduction Section 6. It is not proper, however, to use this as a proof-text that God will punish the “pagan,” or will consign them to destruction. The passage obviously has no reference to such a doctrine, whether that doctrine be true or false.

And upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name - The people that do not worship thee; referring here particularly to those who had invaded the land, and made it desolate.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 79:6. Pour out thy wrath — Bad as we are, we are yet less wicked than they. We, it is true, have been unfaithful; but they never knew thy name, and are totally abandoned to idolatry.