Psalms 79:12
79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; thy: Heb. thine arm preserve: Heb. reserve the children of deathAnd render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
KJV
Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
And render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord.
What does Psalms 79:12 mean?
Psalms 79:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׁוּב (shûwb), שָׁכֵן (shâkên), שִׁבְעָתַיִם (shibʻâthayim).
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And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
2 Kings 19:23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. By: Heb. By the hand of tall: Heb. tallness, etc of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field
Isaiah 65:7Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
Psalms 31:11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 69:9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms 89:41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
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What does Psalms 79:12 say?
Psalms 79:12 (King James Version) reads: "And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord."
Is Psalms 79:12 in the Old or New Testament?
Psalms 79:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.
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