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Psalms 109:18

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

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ASV

He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.

KJV

As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁvai.yil.Bashand he put onH3847 →
קְלָלָ֗הke.la.Laha curseH7045 →
כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹke.Ma.Dolike garment hisH4055 →
וַתָּבֹ֣אva.ta.Vo'and it wentH935 →
כַמַּ֣יִםkha.Ma.yimlike <the> waterH4325 →
בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹbe.kir.Boin inward part[s] hisH7130 →
וְ֝כַשֶּׁ֗מֶןve.kha.She.menand like <the> oilH8081 →
בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃be.'atz.mo.Tavin bones hisH6106 →

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Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.Numbers 5:22May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’Colossians 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.Matthew 27:3–5When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.Ezekiel 32:27They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.Psalms 109:19May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Job 20:20–23Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.Acts 1:18(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.Numbers 5:27When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”Job 20:12–16Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,2 Chronicles 21:15And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”Ezekiel 26:16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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