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 Hagarites; 7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre; Asshur also is joined with them: they are an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah. 9Do unto them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon: 10Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.

Psalms 83:8 word by word

גַּם־אַ֭שּׁוּר נִלְוָ֣ה עִמָּ֑ם הָ֤י֥וּ זְר֖וֹעַ לִבְנֵי־ל֣וֹט סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 83:8

• Genesis 10:11From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
• Genesis 25:3And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were the Asshurim, and the Letushim, and the Leummim.
• Isaiah 33:2Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, yea, our salvation in the time of trouble.
• Genesis 19:37And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.
• Deuteronomy 2:9And Jehovah said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither engage with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given Ar as 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

Topics related to Psalms 83:8

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Armies

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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