Psalms 109:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שׂוֹטְנַ֣י כְּלִמָּ֑ה וְיַעֲט֖וּ כַמְעִ֣יל בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃

Transliteration

Yilbəšû śôṭənay kəlimmâ and-yaʿăṭû like-məʿîl boštām.

Grammar Details

• *Yilbəšû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be clothed
• *śôṭənay*: participle, qal masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my accusers/adversaries
• *kəlimmâ*: noun, feminine singular - shame/humiliation
• *yaʿăṭû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will wrap
• *məʿîl*: noun, masculine singular - robe/cloak
• *boštām*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their shame

Word Meanings

• *śôṭənay*: my accusers/my adversaries/those hostile to me
• *kəlimmâ*: shame/disgrace/humiliation/dishonor
• *məʿîl*: robe/cloak/mantle

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let my accusers be clothed with shame and wrapped in their disgrace as in a cloak.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let mine adversaries{H7853} be clothed{H3847} with dishonor,{H3639} And let them cover{H5844} themselves with their own shame{H1322} as with a robe.{H4598}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let mine adversaries{H7853}{(H8802)} be clothed{H3847}{(H8799)} with shame{H3639}, and let them cover{H5844}{(H8799)} themselves with their own confusion{H1322}, as with a mantle{H4598}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let myne aduersaries be clothed with their owne shame, as with a cloake.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame, and let them couer themselues with their confusion, as with a cloke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame: & let them couer the selues with their owne cofusion, as with a garment.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe `is' their shame.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
• Ps 132:18 : 18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon Himself His crown shall flourish.
• Job 8:22 : 22 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing.
• Ps 6:10 : 10 Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled: let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.
• Ps 109:17-19 : 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be to him as the garment that covers him, and as a belt with which he is girded continually.
• Ps 140:9 : 9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
• Jer 20:11 : 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
• Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Mic 7:10 : 10 Then she who is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the LORD your God? My eyes shall behold her; now she shall be trampled down as the mire of the streets.