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Psalms 55:9

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

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ASV

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

KJV

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בַּלַּ֣עba.La'confuseH1104 →
אֲ֭דֹנָי'A.do.naiO LordH136 →
פַּלַּ֣גpa.LagdivideH6385 →
לְשׁוֹנָ֑םle.sho.Namtongue theirH3956 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
רָאִ֨יתִיra.'I.tiI have seenH7200 →
חָמָ֖סcha.MasviolenceH2555 →
וְרִ֣יבve.Rivand strifeH7379 →
בָּעִֽיר׃ba.'Irin the cityH5892 →

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Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”Jeremiah 6:7As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.2 Samuel 22:3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”Genesis 11:7–9Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”Acts 23:6–10Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”Psalms 56:7In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.Acts 23:7As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.Genesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.John 7:45–53Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”Matthew 23:37–38O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”2 Samuel 17:1–14Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.Acts 21:35When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.Acts 2:3They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

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