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 Living Translation (NLT)May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.

Context of Psalms 109:13

11Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labor. 12Let there be none to extend mercy to him, Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children. Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15Let them be continually before the Lord, That He may cut off the memory of them 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 loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
• 1 Samuel 2:31Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
• 1 Samuel 3:13For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.
• 2 Kings 10:10Know now that nothing shall fall to the earth of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the Lord has done what He spoke by His servant Elijah.”
• Job 18:19He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
• Isaiah 14:20You will not be joined with them in burial, Because you have destroyed your land And slain your people. The brood of evildoers shall never be named.
• Jeremiah 22:30Thus says the Lord: ‘Write this man down as childless, A man who shall not prosper in his days; For none of his descendants shall prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling anymore in Judah.’ ”
• Deuteronomy 9:14Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
• Deuteronomy 25:19Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.
• Deuteronomy 29:20“The Lord would not spare him; for then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the Lord would blot out his name from under heaven.
• Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name 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