Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame, for God hath despised them.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Holman Bible
terror like no other
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.
International Standard Version
There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.
A Conservative Version
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against thee. Thou have put them to shame because God has rejected them.
American Standard Version
There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them.
Amplified
There they were, in great terror and dread, where there had been no terror or dread;
For God scattered the bones of him who besieged you;
You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
Bible in Basic English
They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.
Julia Smith Translation
They feared a fear; there was no fear: for God scattered the bones of him making narrow: thou didst make ashamed, for God rejected them.
King James 2000
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God has scattered the bones of him that encamps against you: you have put them to shame, because God has despised them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
There {they are very fearful} [where] no fear had been, because God has scattered the bones of him who encamps [against] you. You have put [them] to shame, because God has rejected them.
Modern King James verseion
There they dreaded with dread, where no dread was; for God has scattered the bones of him who camps against you; you have put them to shame because God rejects them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They are afraid where no fear is; for God breaketh the bones of them that besiege thee. Thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despised them.
NET Bible
They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.
New Heart English Bible
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
The Emphasized Bible
There have they been in great dread where no dread was, Because, God, hath scattered the bones of thy besieger, - Thou hast put him to shame, Because, God, had, rejected, them.
Webster
There they were in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
World English Bible
There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
Youngs Literal Translation
There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.
Themes
God » Special judgments inflicted » Bones scattered
God's Judgments » Special judgments inflicted » Bones scattered
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 53:5
Prayers for Psalm 53:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
There Is None Who Does Good
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? they call not upon God. 5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame, for God hath despised them. 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:17
And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies; they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Ezekiel 6:5
and I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Leviticus 26:36
And as to those that remain of you I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth;
Psalm 141:7
Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Jeremiah 6:30
Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them.
Deuteronomy 28:65-67
And among these nations shalt thou have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul.
1 Samuel 14:15
And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the ravagers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked; for it was a trembling from God.
2 Kings 7:6-7
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, a noise of a great host; and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Job 15:21
The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
Psalm 2:4
He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalm 14:5
There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalm 35:4
Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:
Psalm 35:26
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
Psalm 40:14
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;
Psalm 73:20
As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
Psalm 83:16-17
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
Isaiah 37:22-38
this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.
Jeremiah 8:1-2
At that time, saith Jehovah, they shall bring forth the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;
Lamentations 2:6
And he hath violently cast down his enclosure as a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah hath caused set feast and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger king and priest.
Ezekiel 37:1-11
The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and Jehovah carried me out in the Spirit, and set me down in the midst of a valley; and it was full of bones.