New English Translation
Psalms 21:10
10You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race.
Psalms 21:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
- New International Version (NIV)You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth, And their descendants from among the sons of men.
Context of Psalms 21:10
8You prevail over all your enemies; your power is too great for those who hate you. 9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them. You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race. 11Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed. 12For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them.
Read all of Psalms 21Psalms 21:10 word by word
פִּ֭רְיָמוֹ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ תְּאַבֵּ֑ד וְ֝זַרְעָ֗ם מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 21:10
- 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.
- Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!
- 1 Kings 13:34This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.
- Job 18:16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.
- Job 20:28A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.
- 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.
- Malachi 4:1(3:19) “For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord who rules over all. “It will not leave even a root or branch.
Commentaries on Psalms 21:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Their fruit shalt thou destroy - Even their posterity shall be cut off, and thus their memorial shall perish.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Their fruit - Their offspring; their children; their posterity, for so the parallelism demands. The “fruit” is that which the tree produces; and hence, the word comes to be applied to children as the production of the parent. See this use of the word in Genesis 30:2; Exodus 21:22; Deuteronomy 28:4, Deuteronomy 28:11, Deuteronomy 28:18; Psalm 127:3; Hosea 9:16; Micah 6:7. Shalt thou destroy from the earth - Thou shalt utterly destroy them. This is in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The psalmist teaches to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer upon what God would further do. The success with which God blessed David, was a type of the total overthrow of all Christ's enemies. Those who might have had Christ to rule and save them, but rejected him and fought against him, shall find the remembrance of it a worm that dies not. God makes sinners willing by his grace, receives them to his favour, and delivers them from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10descendants … offspring: Evil will end when God destroys all opposition to himself (Psalm 109:13; compare 18:50; 22:30–31; 25:13; 102:28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. fruit--children (Psa 37:25; Ho 9:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 21
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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