New King James Version
Psalms 94:23
23He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The Lord our God shall cut them off.
Psalms 94:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
- New International Version (NIV)He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God will turn the sins of evil people back on them. He will destroy them for their sins. The Lord our God will destroy them.
Context of Psalms 94:23
21They gather together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood. 22But the Lord has been my defense, And my God the rock of my refuge. He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The Lord our God shall cut them off.
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וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם׀ אֶת־אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 94:23
- Psalms 7:16His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.
- Psalms 64:8So He will make them stumble over their own tongue; All who see them shall flee away.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
- Proverbs 2:22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
- Daniel 7:24The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.
- Psalms 12:3May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,
- 1 Samuel 26:10David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.
- Ezekiel 18:24“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
- Daniel 9:26“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Commentaries on Psalms 94:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Shall cut them off - This is repeated, to show that the destruction of the Babylonians was fixed and indubitable: and in reference to the Jews, the persecutors and murderers of our Lord and his apostles, it was not less so. Babylon is totally destroyed; not even a vestige of it remains. The Jews are no longer a nation; they are scattered throughout the world, and have no certain place of abode. They do not possess even one village on the face of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity - The consequences of their sin. He shall punish them as they deserve. See the notes at Psalm 7:16. And shall cut them off in their own wickedness - As the result of their wickedness, and while they are engaged in perpetrating acts of sin. Yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off - Expressing, by the repetition of the sentiment, the utmost confidence that this would be so. This is in accordance with the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-23The psalmist resumes their prayer (see Psalm 94:1–7) with a desperate plea for the Lord's justice. It ends with the hope that evil will cease.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. Yet he is safe in God's care. defence--(Psa 59:9). rock of ... refuge--(Psa 9:9; 18:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 94
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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