God’s Word Translation
Psalms 109:14
14Let the Lord remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother’s sin.
Psalms 109:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
- New International Version (NIV)May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Context of Psalms 109:14
12Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children. 13Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation. Let 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, 16because he did not remember to be kind. “He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.
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יִזָּכֵ֤ר׀ עֲוֹ֣ן אֲ֭בֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה וְחַטַּ֥את אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 109:14
- Exodus 20:5Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
- Leviticus 26:39Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
- 2 Samuel 3:29May the blame fall on the head of Joab and all of his family. May there always be members of Joab’s family who have oozing sores and skin diseases, who can only work a spindle, who die in battle, and who never have any food.”
- 2 Samuel 21:1In the time of David, there was a famine for three successive years, and David asked the Lord’s advice about it. The Lord answered, “It’s because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.”
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- 2 Kings 8:27Ahaziah followed the ways of Ahab’s family. He did what the Lord considered evil, as Ahab’s family had done, because he was related to Ahab’s family by marriage.
- 2 Kings 9:27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled on the road leading to Beth Haggan. Jehu pursued him and ordered, “Shoot him down in his chariot.” They shot him at Gur Pass, which is near Ibleam. Ahaziah continued to flee until he got to Megiddo, where he died.
- 2 Kings 10:13he found some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. “Who are you?” he asked. They answered, “We’re Ahaziah’s relatives. We’ve come to greet the families of the king and the queen mother.”
- 2 Kings 11:1When Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, saw that her son was dead, she began to destroy the entire royal family.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab’s family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin.
- Nehemiah 4:5Don’t ignore their guilt, and don’t let their sins disappear from your records. They have insulted you in front of these builders.”
- Isaiah 43:25I alone am the one who is going to wipe away your rebellious actions for my own sake. I will not remember your sins ⌞anymore⌟.
- Jeremiah 18:23But you, O Lord, know that they plan to kill me. Don’t forgive their crimes. Don’t wipe their sins out of your sight. Make them stumble in your presence. Deal with them when you get angry.
Commentaries on Psalms 109:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Let the iniquity of his fathers - Of his ancestors. Be remembered with the Lord - Or, by the Lord. The doctrine of the Bible is, that God “visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate” him Exodus 20:5; the matter of fact is that children and children‘s children often suffer from the errors, the crimes, and the follies of their parents, as in the case of intemperance, murder, and treason…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. 14Children share in the sinful condition of their parents (Psalm 51:5; Exodus 20:5; Ephesians 2:3). The speaker asks the Lord to punish this guilty person also for the sins of his family who lived before him (compare Matthew 23:35–36).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered, &c.--Added to the terrible overthrow following his own sin, let there be the imputation of his parents' guilt, that it may now come before God, for His meting out its full consequences, in cutting off the memory of them (that is, the parents) from the earth (Psa 34:16).Read the comment
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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
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