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Psalms 44:12
Psalms 44:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
- New International Version (NIV)You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them.
Context of Psalms 44:12
10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. 11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen. Thou sellest thy people for nothing, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. 14Thou makest us a by word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:12 word by word
תִּמְכֹּֽר־עַמְּךָ֥ בְלֹא־ה֑וֹן וְלֹ֥א־רִ֝בִּ֗יתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 44:12
- Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
- Isaiah 50:1Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or whom of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
- Isaiah 52:3For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nothing; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
- Jeremiah 15:12Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
- Nehemiah 5:8And I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold to us? Then they held their peace, and found nothing to answer .
- Revelation 18:13And cinnamon, and incense, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies, and souls of men.
Commentaries on Psalms 44:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Thou sellest thy people for nought - An allusion to the mode of disposing of slaves by their proprietors or sovereigns. Instead of seeking profit, thou hast made us a present to our enemies.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Thou sellest thy people for nought - Margin, without riches. Without gain, or advantage; that is, for no price that would be an equivalent. The people were given up to their enemies, but there was nothing in return that would be of equal value. The loss was in no way made up. They were taken away from their country and their homes. They were withdrawn from useful labor in the land; there was a great diminution of the national strength and of the national…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people of God will be ready to fear that he has cast them off, and that his name and truth will be dishonoured. But they should look above the instruments of their trouble, to God, well knowing that their worst enemies have no power against them, but what is permitted from above.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16The people have experienced defeat (Psalm 44:9–12), so they understand suffering and shame (44:13–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261-3. This period is that of the settlement of Canaan (Jos 24:12; Jud 6:3). have told--or, "related" (compare Ex 10:2).Read the comment
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- 1. Psalms 44:12 for...: Heb. without riches ↩
Commentaries on Psalms 44
- 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
- EGW Writings
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