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Psalms 83:4
4“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
Psalms 83:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
Context of Psalms 83:4
2See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads. 3With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.” 5With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you— 6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
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אָמְר֗וּ לְ֭כוּ וְנַכְחִידֵ֣ם מִגּ֑וֹי וְלֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֖ר שֵֽׁם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 83:4
- Exodus 1:10Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”
- Esther 3:6Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.
- Proverbs 1:12let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
- Jeremiah 11:19I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.”
- Jeremiah 31:36“Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,” declares the Lord, “will Israel ever cease being a nation before me.”
- Daniel 7:25He will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.
- Matthew 27:62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.
- Acts 4:17But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”
- Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest
Commentaries on Psalms 83:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Let us cut them off - Let us exterminate the whole race, that there may not be a record of them on the face of the earth. And their scheme was well laid: eight or ten different nations united themselves in a firm bond to do this; and they had kept their purpose so secret that the king of Judah does not appear to have heard of it till his territories were actually invaded, and the different bodies of this coalition had assembled at En-gedi. Never was Judah…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off - Let us utterly destroy them, and root them out from among the nations. Let us combine against them, and overpower them; let us divide their land among ourselves, attaching it to our own. The nations referred to Psalm 83:6-8 were those which surrounded the land of Israel; and the proposal seems to have been to partition the land of the Hebrews among themselves, as has been done in modern times in regard to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The enemy has successfully intimidated God’s people, so the poet prays that the Lord will hear and act.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. from being a nation--utter destruction (Is 7:8; 23:1). Israel--here used for Judah, having been the common name.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 83
- 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
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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