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Psalms 109:16

Psalms chapter 109 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.

Context

v.15Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

v.16This passage

v.17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

Cross references

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

  • Matthew 18:33

    shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?

  • Genesis 42:21

    And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

  • 2 Samuel 17:1

    Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

  • Matthew 27:35

    And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots;

  • Psalms 69:20

    Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

  • Psalms 10:14

    Thou hast seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.