Psalms 120:5

3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
KJV
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
WEB
Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
ASV
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
DARBY
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
BLB
Woe to me for I have sojourned [in] Mesech; I have dwelt among the tents of Kedar!
ÅB
Ve meg, at jeg lever som fremmed iblant Mesek, at jeg bor ved Kedars telt[^2]!
OTB
Ve meg, for jeg bor i Mesjek,
og jeg har slått meg ned blant teltene i Kedar!
B1930
Ve mig, at jeg lever som fremmed iblandt Mesek, at jeg bor ved Kedars telt! / < d.e. iblandt mennesker som ligner de stridslystne og rovgjerrige folkeslag Mesek og Kedar.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 10:2

    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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  • Genesis 25:13

    And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

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  • Ezekiel 27:13

    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

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  • Song of Solomon 1:5

    I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

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  • Isaiah 60:6–7

    The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

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  • 2 Peter 2:7–8

    And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

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  • Ezekiel 38:2–3

    Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

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  • Jeremiah 9:2–3

    Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

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