English Standard Version
Psalms 83:4
4They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
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.”
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
Context of Psalms 83:4
2For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads. 3They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!" 5For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant— 6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
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אָמְר֗וּ לְ֭כוּ וְנַכְחִידֵ֣ם מִגּ֑וֹי וְלֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֖ר שֵֽׁם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 83:4
- Exodus 1:10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land."
- Esther 3:6But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.
- Proverbs 1:12like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
- Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more."
- Jeremiah 31:36"If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever."
- Daniel 7:25He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.
- Matthew 27:62The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
- Acts 4:17But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name."
- Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went 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
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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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