Psalms 109:13

Psalms 109:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
• New International Version (NIV)May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
• English Standard Version (ESV)May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

Context of Psalms 109:13

11Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for. 12Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children. Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation. 14Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother’s sin. 15Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of the Lord. Let the Lord remove every memory of him from the earth,

Psalms 109:13 word by word

יְהִֽי־אַחֲרִית֥וֹ לְהַכְרִ֑ית בְּד֥וֹר אַ֝חֵ֗ר יִמַּ֥ח שְׁמָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let his posterityאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• in the generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• followingאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• let their nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• be blotted outמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229

Cross-references for Psalms 109:13

• Psalms 37:28The Lord loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of wicked people will be cut off.
• 1 Samuel 2:31The time is coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house so that no one will grow old in your family.
• 1 Samuel 3:13I told him that I would hand down a permanent judgment against his household because he knew about his sons’ sin—that they were cursing God —but he didn’t try to stop them.
• 2 Kings 10:10You can be sure that the Lord’s word spoken about Ahab’s family will be fulfilled. The Lord will do what he said through his servant Elijah.”
• Job 18:19He will not have any children or descendants among his people or any survivor where he used to live.
• Isaiah 14:20You won’t be joined by the kings in the tomb, because you have destroyed your land and killed your people. The descendants of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
• Jeremiah 22:30This is what the Lord says: Write this about Jehoiakin: He will be childless. He won’t prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed him as king. They won’t sit on David’s throne and rule Judah again.
• Deuteronomy 9:14Leave me alone! I’ll destroy them and wipe their name off the earth. Then I’ll make you into a nation larger and stronger than they are.”
• Deuteronomy 25:19So when the Lord your God gives you peace from all your enemies around you in the land that he is giving you as your own property, don’t forget to erase every memory of the Amalekites from the earth.
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will never be willing to forgive that person, because the Lord’s burning anger will smolder against him. All the curses described in this book will happen to him. The Lord will erase ⌞every memory of⌟ that person’s name from the earth.
• Proverbs 10:7The name of a righteous person remains blessed, but the names of wicked people will rot away.

Commentaries on Psalms 109:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Let his posterity be cut off - It is a fact that the distinction among the Jewish tribes in entirely lost. Not a Jew in the world knows from what tribe he is sprung; and as to the royal family, it remains nowhere but in the person of Jesus the Messiah. He alone is the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Except as it exists in him, the name is blotted out.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Let his posterity be cut off - To have a numerous posterity, to have the name and family perpetuated, was regarded among the Hebrews as one of the greatest and most desirable blessings. Hence, to pray that all one‘s family might be cut off was one of the severest forms of malediction which could be employed. And in the generation following - The very next generation. Let not his family be perpetuated at all. Let their name be blotted out - As a name is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-20Verses 6-20 The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13If one’s family name was blotted out, it meant there was no offspring to continue the family name or remember its history (see Proverbs 10:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. posterity--literally, "end," as in Psa 37:38, or, what comes after; that is, reward, or success, or its expectation, of which posterity was to a Jew a prominent part.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 109:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Prayer
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Psalms 109

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings