Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
By Your power, make them homeless wanderers
and bring them down,
Lord, our shield.
New American Standard Bible
O Lord,
King James Version
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
International Standard Version
Don't kill them! Otherwise, my people may forget. By your power make them stumble around; bring them down low, Lord, our Shield.
A Conservative Version
Kill them not, lest my people forget. Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O LORD our shield,
American Standard Version
Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Amplified
Do not kill them, or my people will forget;
Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord our shield!
Bible in Basic English
Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.
Darby Translation
Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt not kill them lest my people shall forget: cause them to wander to and fro by thy strength, and bring them down, O Jehovah, our shield.
King James 2000
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not kill them, lest my people forget. Make them [to] wander by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Modern King James verseion
Do not kill them, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and bring them down, O Jehovah our shield.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad with thy power, and put them down, O LORD our defense.
NET Bible
Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!
New Heart English Bible
Do not kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not slay them, lest my people forget, Cause them to wander by thy strength, and prostrate them, Thou our shield, O Lord!
Webster
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
World English Bible
Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
Youngs Literal Translation
Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
10
God will let me look down on my adversaries.
By Your power, make them homeless wanderers
and bring them down,
Lord, our shield.
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 3:3
my glory,
Genesis 4:12-15
If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 4:27
The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors
Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Deuteronomy 30:3-4
then He will restore your fortunes,
Judges 1:6-7
When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
Job 40:12
trample the wicked where they stand.
Psalm 44:11
and scatter us among the nations.
Psalm 52:5
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.
Psalm 84:9
look on the face of Your anointed one.
Psalm 84:11
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.
Psalm 106:27
among the nations,
scattering them throughout the lands.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
Ezekiel 12:15-16
They will know that I am Yahweh
Ezekiel 14:22-23
Even so, there will be survivors left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. Indeed, they will come out to you, and you will observe their conduct and actions.
Luke 1:51-52
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;
Luke 21:21
Revelation 9:6
In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.