New English Translation
Psalms 109:14
14May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the Lord! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!
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
12May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children! 13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! May 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! 16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:14 word by word
יִזָּכֵ֤ר׀ עֲוֹ֣ן אֲ֭בֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה וְחַטַּ֥את אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 109:14
- Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
- Leviticus 26:39“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.
- 2 Samuel 3:29May his blood whirl over the head of Joab and the entire house of his father! May the males of Joab’s house never cease to have someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!”
- 2 Samuel 21:1During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites.”
- Matthew 23:31By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- 2 Kings 8:27He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family.
- 2 Kings 9:27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered, “Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.
- 2 Kings 10:13Jehu encountered the relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are Ahaziah’s relatives. We have come down to see how the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons are doing.”
- 2 Kings 11:1When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice.
- Nehemiah 4:5Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
- Isaiah 43:25I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
- Jeremiah 18:23But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still 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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