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Psalm 109:19

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109:19May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on,35

or a belt36 one wears continually!

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Footnotes

  1. 35 Heb “may it be for him like a garment one puts on.”
  2. 36 The Hebrew noun מֵזַח (mezakh, “belt; waistband”) occurs only here in the OT. The form apparently occurs in Isa 23:10 as well, but an emendation is necessary there.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,

like a belt that he puts on every day!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,

like a belt tied forever around him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,

like a belt he always wears.

NLTNew Living Translation

Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing;

may they be tied around him like a belt.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

May it be for him like a garment in which he wraps,

and a belt he continually wears.

KJV 1900King James Version

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,

And for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.