Psalms 9:6
What does Psalms 9:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 9:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. — Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
- Psalms 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
- Jeremiah 51:62
and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
- Isaiah 37:26
Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
- 2 Kings 19:25
Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
- Exodus 15:16
Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
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