Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Don't kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield.
New American Standard Bible
O Lord,
King James Version
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Holman Bible
By Your power, make them homeless wanderers
and bring them down,
Lord, our shield.
A Conservative Version
Kill them not, lest my people forget. Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O LORD our shield,
American Standard Version
Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Amplified
Do not kill them, or my people will forget;
Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord our shield!
Bible in Basic English
Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.
Darby Translation
Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt not kill them lest my people shall forget: cause them to wander to and fro by thy strength, and bring them down, O Jehovah, our shield.
King James 2000
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not kill them, lest my people forget. Make them [to] wander by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Modern King James verseion
Do not kill them, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and bring them down, O Jehovah our shield.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad with thy power, and put them down, O LORD our defense.
NET Bible
Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!
New Heart English Bible
Do not kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not slay them, lest my people forget, Cause them to wander by thy strength, and prostrate them, Thou our shield, O Lord!
Webster
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
World English Bible
Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
Youngs Literal Translation
Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
10 My God of Gracious Love will meet me; God will enable me to see what happens to my enemies. 11 Don't kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield. 12 The sin of their mouth is the word on their lips. They will be caught in their own conceit; for they speak curses and lies.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 3:3
But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
Genesis 4:12-15
Whenever you work the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you, and you'll wander throughout the earth as a fugitive."
Leviticus 26:33
"I'll scatter you among the nations and draw the sword after you so that your land becomes desolate and your towns become ruins.
Deuteronomy 4:9
Only guard yourselves carefully so you won't forget the things that you saw and let them slip from your mind for the rest of your life. Tell them to your children and to your grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 4:27
Moreover, the LORD will scatter you among the nations, and you'll be fewer in number in the nations where the LORD your God will drive you.
Deuteronomy 28:64
"He'll scatter you among the nations from one end of the earth to the other, and there you'll serve other gods made of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
Deuteronomy 30:3-4
then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and will show compassion to you. He will gather you from among the nations where he had scattered you.
Judges 1:6-7
Adoni-bezek ran off, but they pursued him, caught him, and amputated his thumbs and big toes.
Job 40:12
stared down and subdued every proud person, trampled the wicked right where they are,
Psalm 44:11
You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.
Psalm 52:5
But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude
Psalm 84:9
God, look at our shield, and show favor to your anointed,
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Psalm 106:27
to cause their children to perish among the nations and be scattered among many lands.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
At least the living know they will die, but the dead know nothing; they no longer have a reward, since memory about them has been forgotten.
Ezekiel 12:15-16
they'll learn that I am the LORD, when I've dispersed them among the nations and scattered them throughout the earth."'"
Ezekiel 14:22-23
But look! There will be a remnant who escapes, a few sons and daughters to be brought out. Look! They'll come out to you and you'll see how they've lived and what they've done, and you'll be comforted concerning the catastrophe that I brought on Jerusalem, including everything that I brought against her.
Luke 1:51-52
He displayed his mighty power with his arm. He scattered people who were proud in mind and heart.
Luke 21:21
Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not go into it,
Revelation 9:6
In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.