Psalms 109:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

🎯 Translation Approach

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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Readability

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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.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
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 109:29 : 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
Ps 132:18 : 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame; But upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Ps 109:18 : 18 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 109:17-18
2 verses
84%
17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
Ps 109:28-29
2 verses
79%
28Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
Ps 109:20
79%
20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Isa 59:17
75%
17And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
Job 30:18
73%
18By [God's] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
Ps 140:9
73%
9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps 73:6
72%
6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
Isa 11:5
72%
5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
Job 29:14
72%
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Ps 35:25-26
2 verses
72%
25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Ps 109:15
72%
15Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
Ps 109:6-11
6 verses
72%
6Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
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.
Job 38:14
70%
14It is changed as clay under the seal; And [all things] stand forth as a garment:
Ps 35:8
70%
8Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
Job 13:28
70%
28Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth - eaten.
Ps 69:22-23
2 verses
70%
22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
Job 12:18
70%
18He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
Job 27:7
70%
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
Ps 18:39
69%
39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Exod 22:27
69%
27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Ps 69:11
69%
11When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.
Lam 1:22
69%
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Jer 13:2
69%
2So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.
Ps 22:18
69%
18They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.
Jer 11:19
69%
19But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Job 19:9
69%
9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Ps 40:14
69%
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 17:18
68%
18Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Lam 3:3
68%
3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Ps 104:2
68%
2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Ps 89:41
68%
41All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
Job 16:13
68%
13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Isa 50:3
68%
3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Ps 71:13
68%
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.
Ps 129:3
68%
3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
Job 31:19
68%
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
2 Sam 16:12
68%
12It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
Ps 129:6
68%
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Ps 132:18
68%
18His enemies will I clothe with shame; But upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Exod 39:23
68%
23and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.
Isa 50:9
68%
9Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.