Psalms 109:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 34:16 : 16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Job 18:17 : 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
Ps 90:8 : 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Ps 109:13 : 13 Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Isa 65:15 : 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name:
Jer 2:22 : 22 For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Hos 7:2 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
Amos 8:7 : 7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Deut 32:34 : 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
Ps 51:9 : 9 Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 109:7-14
8 verses
83%
7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.
8Let his days be few; [And] let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
10Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor.
12Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Ps 34:16
79%
16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Ps 83:16-17
2 verses
77%
16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
Jer 18:23
77%
23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
Ps 109:16
77%
16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay [them].
Ps 69:27-28
2 verses
76%
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
Ps 59:11-13
3 verses
74%
11Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. {H5542}
Isa 26:14
74%
14[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
Ps 109:19-20
2 verses
74%
19Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Ps 55:15
73%
15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
Ps 104:35
73%
35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. And let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, O my soul. Praise ye Jehovah.
Job 18:17
72%
17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
Ps 9:12
72%
12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
Ps 109:27-28
2 verses
72%
27That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
28Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
Ps 129:6
72%
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Ps 5:10
72%
10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.
Ps 83:4
72%
4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Ps 58:7
72%
7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Ps 79:8
72%
8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.
Lam 3:65-66
2 verses
72%
65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
Ps 9:5
72%
5Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Ps 69:25
71%
25Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
Ps 40:14
71%
14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
Jer 18:20-21
2 verses
71%
20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
Ps 9:19
71%
19Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Ps 69:23
71%
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
Ps 140:9-10
2 verses
71%
9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
Ps 55:19
71%
19God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, {H5542} [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.
Ps 25:6
71%
6Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.
Ps 71:13
71%
13Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
Jer 15:15
70%
15O Jehovah, thou knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.
Ps 35:25
70%
25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Ps 139:20
70%
20For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
Hos 7:2
70%
2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.