Psalms 83:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

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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 35:4 : 4 Let 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 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 40:14-15 : 14 Let 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. 15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 109:29 : 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 83:15-16
2 verses
88%
15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
Jer 17:18
81%
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.
Ps 40:14-15
2 verses
81%
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.
15Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 35:26
80%
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 71:13
79%
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 70:2-3
2 verses
78%
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.
Isa 45:16-17
2 verses
78%
16They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.
17[ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
Ps 35:4
77%
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 109:15
77%
15Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
Ps 109:28-29
2 verses
77%
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.
Isa 41:11
77%
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.
Ps 129:5-6
2 verses
77%
5Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Ps 31:17-18
2 verses
76%
17Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
Jer 20:11
76%
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.
Ps 69:23-24
2 verses
75%
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Job 8:22
75%
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Ps 44:15
74%
15All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
Ps 119:78
74%
78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 6:10
74%
10All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.
Ps 140:10
74%
10Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
Ps 25:3
74%
3Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
Ps 73:18-19
2 verses
73%
18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Ps 80:16
73%
16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Ps 5:10
73%
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 69:28
73%
28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
Isa 26:11
73%
11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
Job 6:20
72%
20They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
Isa 1:29
72%
29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Job 40:13
72%
13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
Ps 37:19
72%
19They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Jer 18:23
72%
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.
Jer 18:16
72%
16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
Jer 23:40
72%
40and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
Ps 69:6
72%
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 64:8
72%
8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
Ps 83:18
72%
18That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.
Ps 59:12-13
2 verses
72%
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}
Ps 9:20
72%
20Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. {Selah}
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.
Mic 7:16
72%
16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.