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Psalm 109:12–13

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109:12May no one show him kindness!19

May no one have compassion20 on his fatherless children!

109:13May his descendants21 be cut off!22

May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!23

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Footnotes

  1. 19 Heb “may there not be for him one who extends loyal love.”
  2. 20 Perhaps this refers to being generous (see Ps 37:21).
  3. 21 Or “offspring.”
  4. 22 On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.
  5. 23 Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let there be none to extend kindness to him,

nor any to pity his fatherless children!

May his posterity be cut off;

may his name be blotted out in the second generation!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May no one extend kindness to him

or take pity on his fatherless children.

May his descendants be cut off,

their names blotted out from the next generation.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let no one show him kindness,

and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.

Let the line of his descendants be cut off;

let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

NLTNew Living Translation

Let no one be kind to him;

let no one pity his fatherless children.

May all his offspring die.

May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let there be none who extend to him loyal love,

nor any who pities his orphans.

Let his descendants be cut off.

Let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

KJV 1900King James Version

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him:

Neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

Let his posterity be cut off;

And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.