Psalms 129:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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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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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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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

Esth 6:13 : 13 And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
Esth 9:5 : 5 And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.
Ps 71:13 : 13 Let 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 83:4-9 : 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: 8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah 9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; 10 Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
Ps 122:6 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.
Isa 10:12 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Isa 37:22 : 22 this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Isa 37:28-29 : 28 But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. 29 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Mic 4:11 : 11 And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [our desire] upon Zion.
Zech 1:14-17 : 14 So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem. 17 Cry yet again, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity; and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Zech 12:3 : 3 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.
Zech 12:6 : 6 In that day will I make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and [they of] Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 70:2-3
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2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
3Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
Ps 40:14-15
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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.
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4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
Ps 83:16-17
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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;
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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 6:10
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10All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.
Ps 71:13
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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 17:18
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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.
Job 8:22
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22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Mic 4:11
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11And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [our desire] upon Zion.
Ps 44:10
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10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
Ps 109:28-29
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28Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
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Ps 129:3-4
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3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
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Ps 9:3
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3When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
Ps 53:6
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6Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
Rom 11:10
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10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
Isa 45:16
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16They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.
Isa 41:11
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11Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
Jer 20:11
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11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
Isa 60:14
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14And the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 21:12
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12For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
Ps 139:21-22
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21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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7And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
Ps 25:19
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Ps 83:2
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2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
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Ps 69:6
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6Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
Ps 25:3
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3Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
Ps 109:20
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20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Ps 126:1
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1A Song of Ascents. When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.
Ps 22:7
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7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
Isa 24:23
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23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
Ps 14:7
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7Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
Ps 41:7
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7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.