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Psalms 109:14
14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)May the Lord never forget the sins of his fathers; may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.
Context of Psalms 109:14
12May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children. 13May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation. May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out. 15May their sins always remain before the Lord, that he may blot out their name from the earth. 16For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
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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 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
- Leviticus 26:39Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’ sins they will waste away.
- 2 Samuel 3:29May his blood fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family! May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore or leprosy or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”
- 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- 2 Kings 8:27He followed the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.
- 2 Kings 9:27When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there.
- 2 Kings 10:13he met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” They said, “We are relatives of Ahaziah, and we have come down to greet the families of the king and of the queen mother.”
- 2 Kings 11:1When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly.
- Nehemiah 4:5Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.
- Isaiah 43:25“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.
- Jeremiah 18:23But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
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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