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Thursday, October 31st, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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World English Bible

Psalms 109:17

Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Malice;   Prayer;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Blasphemy-Profanity;   Cursing;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Swearing, Profane;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Naboth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shimei;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Habitation;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don't you bless him.
English Revised Version
Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
Update Bible Version
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
New Century Version
He loved to put curses on others, so let those same curses fall on him. He did not like to bless others, so do not let good things happen to him.
New English Translation
He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.
Webster's Bible Translation
As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Amplified Bible
He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him; He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
English Standard Version
He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he pursuede a pore man and beggere; and to slee a man compunct in herte.
Berean Standard Bible
The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
Contemporary English Version
"He cursed others. Now place a curse on him! He never wished others well. Wish only trouble for him!
American Standard Version
Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
Bible in Basic English
As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
Complete Jewish Bible
He loved cursing; may it recoil on him! He didn't like blessing; may it stay far from him!
Darby Translation
And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
Easy-to-Read Version
He loved to curse others, so let those bad things happen to him. He never blessed others, so don't let good things happen to him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it is far from him.
King James Version (1611)
As he loued cursing, so let it come vnto him: as hee delighted not in blessing, so let it be farre from him.
New Life Bible
He loved to curse others, so may it come to him. He did not like to have good come to others, so good was far from him.
New Revised Standard
He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.
George Lamsa Translation
They loved cursing, and delighted not in blessings.
Good News Translation
He loved to curse—may he be cursed! He hated to give blessings—may no one bless him!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(108-17) But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
Revised Standard Version
He loved to curse; let curses come on him! He did not like blessing; may it be far from him!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His delight was in cursing, and it shal happen vnto him: he loued not blessing, therfore it hath ben farre fro him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.
Christian Standard Bible®
He loved cursing—let it fall on him;he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.
Hebrew Names Version
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
King James Version
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Lexham English Bible
Because he loved cursing, let it come upon him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
Literal Translation
Yea, he loved cursing, and it came to him; he also had no pleasure in blessing, and it was far from him.
Young's Literal Translation
And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He clothed him self with cursynge like as with a rayment: yee it wente in to his bowels like water, and like oyle in to his bones.
New American Standard Bible
He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
New King James Version
As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Legacy Standard Bible
He also loved cursing, so it came to him;And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

Contextual Overview

6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. 8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. 11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. 12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 52:4, Psalms 52:5, Psalms 59:12, Psalms 59:13, Proverbs 14:14, Ezekiel 35:6, Matthew 7:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:10, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, Revelation 16:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:6 - curse me Numbers 23:11 - General Numbers 23:13 - and curse me Judges 9:27 - cursed 1 Kings 22:22 - Thou shalt 2 Chronicles 18:21 - Thou shalt Esther 9:25 - return Job 20:12 - he hide Psalms 18:26 - froward Psalms 28:4 - the work Psalms 69:27 - iniquity Psalms 109:28 - Let them Psalms 109:29 - be clothed Lamentations 3:65 - thy Hosea 4:9 - reward them Zechariah 5:3 - the curse Romans 3:14 - General James 3:9 - therewith curse

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him,.... Judas loved that which brought a curse upon him, sin; and so he may be said to love the curse; just as sinners are said to love death, Proverbs 8:36. He was desirous of and sought after it, to bring Christ to an accursed death; and which he accomplished and pleased himself with; and therefore it was a just retaliation upon him that the curse should light on him, and he himself come to a shameful and ignominious death. The Jews loved the cursing law, the flying roll, called the curse in Zechariah 5:2, which curses every transgressor of it: they boasted of it, rested in it, and sought for righteousness by it; and submitted not unto, but despised, the righteousness of Christ; and therefore it was but just they should come under the curse of the law: they imprecated the curse on them and their children, saying, "His blood be upon us and them", Matthew 27:25 and which accordingly came upon them, and remains to this day.

As he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him; Judas delighted not in the good will and good wishes of any to Christ, as appears from his dislike of the ointment being poured on his head by the poor woman, in John 12:4, and so the Jews were displeased at the children, and at the disciples in the temple, blessing Christ, pronouncing him blessed, and wishing blessings to him, Matthew 21:15, yea, they delighted not in their own blessedness, or in that which only could give it to them; they delighted not in Christ, who was sent to bless them, but despised and rejected him; nor in the Gospel, which is full of blessings; and particularly not in the doctrine of justification by Christ's righteousness, which commonly makes a man blessed: yea, in a sense, they judged themselves unworthy of everlasting life; and therefore it was but a righteous thing that blessing should be far from Judas and the Jews, as it was; even temporal, spiritual, and eternal blessings: yet there have been a sort of heretics e, that have highly praised and commended Judas, as doing a brave and noble action in betraying Christ, whereby the work of salvation was hastened.

e Epiphan. contra Haeres. l. 1. Haer. 38.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As he loved cursing ... - As he loved to curse others; as he seemed to have a pleasure alike in the act of cursing and in the feeling which prompts to cursing, let him see what it is; let it come upon him in its fullness. He has chosen this as his portion; let it be his. This, in the original, is in the indicative mood, and not, as in our version, in the optative form: “He loved cursing, and it has come upon him; he did not delight in blessing, and it is far from him.” Still, the connection would rather seem to require that we should understand this as a prayer, and not as an affirmation, for the object of the whole seems not to be to state what had come upon him, but what the psalmist wished might come upon him.

As he delighted not in blessing ... - As he had no pleasure in wishing that others might be happy, or in any measures which would tend to promote their happiness, so let everything that could be regarded as a blessing be put far from him; let him know nothing of it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 109:17. As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him — The Jews said, when crucifying our Lord, His blood be upon us and our children! Never was an imprecation more dreadfully fulfilled.


 
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