Psalm 68:23 Parallel Translations

so that you, my people, may bathe your feet in blood and the tongues of your dogs may lick the blood of your enemies." (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

ASV:

That thou mayest crush them , dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

BBE:

So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

DBY:

That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.

ERV:

That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

JPS:

That thy foot may wade through blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.'

WBS:

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

WEB:

That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."

YLT:

So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, In the blood of enemies -- the tongue of Thy dogs.'

Psalm 68:23 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 21:19 "You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'"

Psalm 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Jeremiah 15:3 "I will appoint over them four kinds of doom," declares the LORD: "the sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs {r} in the same.
(r) That is, in the blood of that great slaughter, where dogs will lap blood.

WES:

68:23 That, and c. - And as it was at the Red Sea, and at Bashan before, so yet again thine enemies shall be slain in such numbers, that thou mayst wade in their blood, and thy dogs lick it up in the field.

MHC:

68:22-28 The victories with which God blessed David over the enemies of Israel, are types of Christ's victory, for himself and for all believers. Those who take him for theirs, may see him acting as their God, as their King, for their good, and in answer to their prayers; especially in and by his word and ordinances. The kingdom of the Messiah shall be submitted to by all the rulers and learned in the world. The people seem to address the king, ver. 28. But the words are applicable to the Redeemer, to his church, and every true believer. We pray, that thou, O God the Son, wilt complete thine undertaking for us, by finishing thy good work in us.

CONC:

Bathe Blood Crush Dashest Dip Dipped Dipping Dogs Enemies Foe Foes Foot Mayest Portion Red Share Shatter Tongue Tongues Wade

Bathe Blood Crush Dip Dipped Dipping Dogs Enemies Feet Foe Foes Foot Mayest Plunge Portion Red Share Shatter Tongue Tongues Wade

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