Psalms 109:11

What does Psalms 109:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 109:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

Context

v.10Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

v.11This passage

v.12Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 5:5

    Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

  • Judges 6:3

    And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

  • Job 18:9

    A gin shall take him by the heel, Anda snare shall lay hold on him.

  • Deuteronomy 28:33

    The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;

  • Deuteronomy 28:50

    a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

  • Job 20:18

    That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

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