Psalms 94:23

Psalms 94:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
• New International Version (NIV)He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The Lord our God shall cut them off.

Context of Psalms 94:23

21They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. 22But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge. And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.

Psalms 94:23 word by word

וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם׀ אֶת־אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

• bringשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 94:23

• Psalms 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
• Psalms 9:16Jehovah is known [by] the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
• Psalms 64:8By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
• Proverbs 1:31therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Proverbs 2:22but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.
• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Daniel 7:24And as to the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall arise ten kings; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be different from the former, and he shall subdue three kings.
• Psalms 12:3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
• 1 Samuel 26:10And David said, [As] Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, [even] in his death.
• Ezekiel 18:24And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
• Daniel 9:26And after the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with an overflow, and unto the end, war, — the desolations determined.

Commentaries on Psalms 94:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Shall cut them off - This is repeated, to show that the destruction of the Babylonians was fixed and indubitable: and in reference to the Jews, the persecutors and murderers of our Lord and his apostles, it was not less so. Babylon is totally destroyed; not even a vestige of it remains. The Jews are no longer a nation; they are scattered throughout the world, and have no certain place of abode. They do not possess even one village on the face of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity - The consequences of their sin. He shall punish them as they deserve. See the notes at Psalm 7:16. And shall cut them off in their own wickedness - As the result of their wickedness, and while they are engaged in perpetrating acts of sin. Yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off - Expressing, by the repetition of the sentiment, the utmost confidence that this would be so. This is in accordance with the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-23The psalmist resumes their prayer (see Psalm 94:1–7) with a desperate plea for the Lord's justice. It ends with the hope that evil will cease.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. Yet he is safe in God's care. defence--(Psa 59:9). rock of ... refuge--(Psa 9:9; 18:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 94:23

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Triumph
• Cut; Cutting
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 94

• 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
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings