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Psalms 83:8
Psalms 83:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
Context of Psalms 83:8
6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. [Selah 9Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; 10Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.
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גַּם־אַ֭שּׁוּר נִלְוָ֣ה עִמָּ֑ם הָ֤י֥וּ זְר֖וֹעַ לִבְנֵי־ל֣וֹט סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 83:8
- Genesis 10:11Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
- Genesis 25:3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
- Isaiah 33:2O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Genesis 19:37And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
- Deuteronomy 2:9And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Commentaries on Psalms 83:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Asser also is joined - The Ammonites might have got those auxiliaries from beyond the Euphrates, against Jehosphaphat, as formerly they were brought against David. See 2 Samuel 10:16. They have holpen the children of Lot - The Ammonites, who appear to have been the chief instigators in this war.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Assur also is joined with them - Assyria. Assyria was on the northeast of Palestine. The conspirators had secured, it seems, the aid of this powerful kingdom, and they felt confident of success. They have holpen the children of Lot - The sons, or the descendants of Lot. The margin is, as the Hebrew, “been an arm to.” That is, they were an aid, or help; in other words, the sons of Lot were permitted, as it were, to make use of the arm of these powerful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Assyria was located northeast of Israel and north of the Persian Gulf. Lot's descendants were the Moabites and the Ammonites (Psalm 83:6–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. tabernacles--for people (Psa 78:67). they--all these united with the children of Lot, or Ammonites and Moabites (compare 2Ch 20:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 83
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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