Romans 11:9
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
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
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Read in contextPsalms 28:4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:13–15
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Read in contextIsaiah 59:18
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17–19
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Read in contextIsaiah 8:13–14
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
Read in contextLuke 16:19–25
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Read in context1 Samuel 25:36–38
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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