Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
May those curses wrap around him like a garment, or like a belt that one always wears.
New American Standard Bible
And for a belt with which he constantly
King James Version
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Holman Bible
like a belt he always wears.
A Conservative Version
Let it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself, and for the belt with which he is girded continually.
American Standard Version
Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Amplified
Let it be to him as a robe with which he covers himself,
And as a sash with which he is constantly bound.
Bible in Basic English
Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times.
Darby Translation
Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.
Julia Smith Translation
It shall be to him as the garment shall cover him, and for a girdle it shall gird him always.
King James 2000
Let it be unto him as the garment which covers him, and for a belt with which he is girded continually.
Lexham Expanded Bible
May it be for him like a garment [in which] he wraps, and a belt {he continually wears}.
Modern King James verseion
Let it be to him as the robe which covers him, and for a girdle with which he is always clothed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath on him, and as the girdle that he is girded withal.
NET Bible
May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually!
New Heart English Bible
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
The Emphasized Bible
Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on:
Webster
Let it be to him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually.
World English Bible
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
Youngs Literal Translation
It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 109:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Against An Enemy
18 He wore curses like a garment may they enter his inner being like water and his bones like oil. 19 May those curses wrap around him like a garment, or like a belt that one always wears. 20 May this be the way the LORD repays my accuser, those who speak evil against me.
Cross References
Psalm 109:29
May my accusers be clothed with shame and wrapped in their humiliation as with a robe.
Psalm 35:26
Instead, let those who gloat over the evil directed against me be ashamed and confounded together; Let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.
Psalm 109:18
He wore curses like a garment may they enter his inner being like water and his bones like oil.
Psalm 132:18
I will clothe his enemies with disgrace, but on him his crown will shine." A Davidic Song of Ascents