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Psalms 83:4
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 83:4 Context
1(A Song or Psalm of Asaph.) Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: 6The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Other Translations
They haue said, Come, and let vs cut them off from being a nation: that the name of Israel may bee no more in remembrance.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
- Basic English Bible
They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
Come, they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
- World English Bible
They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
(83:5) 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.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
- Basic English Bible
They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
Come, they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
- World English Bible
They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
(83:5) 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.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 83:4
83:3 Hidden ones - Thy people of Israel, who are called God's hidden or secret ones, to intimate the respect which God has to them, as to his peculiar treasure.
83:6 The tabernacles - The people dwelling in them. Ishmaelites - Some of the posterity of Ishmael, called by their father's name, as others of them are supposed to be called Hagarens from their grandmother Hagar.