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

11May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property! 12May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children! May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 14May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the Lord! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! 15May the Lord be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children 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 37:28For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
• 1 Samuel 2:31In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength and the strength of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!
• 1 Samuel 3:13You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.
• 2 Kings 10:10Therefore take note that not one of the judgments the Lord announced against Ahab’s dynasty has failed to materialize. The Lord had done what he announced through his servant Elijah.”
• Job 18:19He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed.
• Isaiah 14:20You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
• Jeremiah 22:30The Lord says, “Enroll this man in the register as though he were childless. Enroll him as a man who will not enjoy success during his lifetime. For none of his sons will succeed in occupying the throne of David or ever succeed in ruling over Judah.”
• Deuteronomy 9:14Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”
• Deuteronomy 25:19So when the Lord your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he is giving you as an inheritance, you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven – do not forget!
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory.
• Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.

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