Psalms 83:4

Psalms 83:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
• New International Version (NIV)“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

Context of Psalms 83:4

2For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head. 3They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones: They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more. 5For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee. 6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagarites;

Psalms 83:4 word by word

אָמְר֗וּ לְ֭כוּ וְנַכְחִידֵ֣ם מִגּ֑וֹי וְלֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֖ר שֵֽׁם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 83:4

• Exodus 1:10Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass that, if war occur, they take side with our enemies and fight against us, and go up out of the land.
• Esther 3:6But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus — the people of Mordecai.
• Proverbs 1:12let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
• Jeremiah 11:19And I was like a tame lamb [that] is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, [saying,] Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
• Jeremiah 31:36If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
• Daniel 7:25And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most high [places], and think to change seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and a half time.
• Matthew 27:62Now on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
• Acts 4:17But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.
• Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

Commentaries on Psalms 83:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Let us cut them off - Let us exterminate the whole race, that there may not be a record of them on the face of the earth. And their scheme was well laid: eight or ten different nations united themselves in a firm bond to do this; and they had kept their purpose so secret that the king of Judah does not appear to have heard of it till his territories were actually invaded, and the different bodies of this coalition had assembled at En-gedi. Never was Judah…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off … - Let us utterly destroy them, and root them out from among the nations. Let us combine against them, and overpower them; let us divide their land among ourselves, attaching it to our own. The nations referred to Psalm 83:6-8 were those which surrounded the land of Israel; and the proposal seems to have been to partition the land of the Hebrews among themselves, as has been done in modern times in regard to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The enemy has successfully intimidated God’s people, so the poet prays that the Lord will hear and act.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. from being a nation--utter destruction (Is 7:8; 23:1). Israel--here used for Judah, having been the common name.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 83:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Armies

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Alone
• Asaph
• Psalms
• Seek
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Palestine

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