Psalm 120:5 Parallel Translations
NASB: Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech, For I dwell among the tents of Kedar! (NASB ©1995)
GWT: How horrible it is to live as a foreigner in Meshech or to stay in the tents of Kedar.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
ASV: Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
BBE: Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.
DBY: Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
ERV: Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
JPS: Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!
WBS: Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
WEB: Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
YLT: Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
Psalm 120:5 Cross References
XREF:Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

Genesis 25:13 and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

1 Chronicles 1:5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.

Song of Songs 1:5 "I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.

Isaiah 21:16 For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate;

Isaiah 60:7 "All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you, The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you; They will go up with acceptance on My altar, And I shall glorify My glorious house.

Jeremiah 2:10 "For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this!

Jeremiah 49:28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD, "Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the men of the east.

Ezekiel 27:13 "Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

Ezekiel 27:21 "Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers.

Ezekiel 38:2 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him

Ezekiel 38:3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.

Ezekiel 39:1 "And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal; (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in {e} Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of {f} Kedar!
(e) These were people of Arabia, who came from Japheth, Ge 10:2.
(f) That is, of the Ishmaelites.
WES: 120:5 Mesech - Mesech and Kedar are two sorts of people often mentioned in scripture, and reckoned amongst the barbarous nations. But their names are here to be understood metaphorically. And so he explains himself in the next verse .
MHC: 120:5-7 It is very grievous to a good man, to be cast into, and kept in the company of the wicked, from whom he hopes to be for ever separated. See here the character of a good man; he is for living peaceably with all men. And let us follow David as he prefigured Christ; in our distress let us cry unto the Lord, and he will hear us. Let us follow after peace and holiness, striving to overcome evil with good.
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