Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Do not slay them, or my people will forget;
Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield.

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

Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget.
By Your power, make them homeless wanderers
and bring them down,
Lord, our shield.

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.

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.

Context Readings

God Our Stronghold

10 My God in his steadfast lovewill meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies. 11 Do not slay them, or my people will forget;
Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

Cross References

Psalm 3:3

But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

Genesis 4:12-15

When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."

Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

Deuteronomy 4:9

"Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children--

Deuteronomy 4:27

And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:64

"And the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Deuteronomy 30:3-4

then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.

Judges 1:6-7

Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

Job 40:12

Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.

Psalm 44:11

You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.

Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 84:9

Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 106:27

and would make their offspring fall among the nations, scattering them among the lands.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

Ezekiel 12:15-16

And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

Ezekiel 14:22-23

But behold, some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; behold, when they come out to you, and you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.

Luke 1:51-52

He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;

Luke 21:21

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it,

Revelation 9:6

And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain