Romans 11:9
7 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
8 as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
- KJV
- And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
- WEB
- David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
- ASV
- And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:
- DARBY
- And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense to them:
- BLB
- And David says: May their table “become for a snare and for a trap, and for a stumbling block and for a retribution to them.
- ÅB
- Og David sier: «La bordet deres bli en snare og en felle, en snublestokk og en gjengjeldelse for dem!
- OTB
- Og David sier,
"Måtte deres bord bli en felle og en snare,
en snublestein og en gjengjeldelse for dem. - B1930
- Og David sier: La deres bord bli dem til en strikke og en snare og en felle og en gjengjeldelse for dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 69:22–23
May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Read in contextPsalms 28:4
Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:13–15
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
Read in contextIsaiah 59:18
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17–19
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:13–14
The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
Read in contextLuke 16:19–25
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:36–38
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Read in context