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Psalms 16:4

Temptation

2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

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BSB
Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
KJV
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
WEB
Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
ASV
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another [god]: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips.
DARBY
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.
BLB
May their sorrows be multiplied, those who hurry [after] another! I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, and I will not lift up their names upon my lips.
ÅB
Mange sorger skal de ha som løper etter andre guder.
Jeg vil ikke ofre drikkofferene deres av blod
og ikke ta navnene deres på leppene.
OTB
Sorgen til dem som følger en annen gud vil bli mangedoblet;
Jeg vil ikke utøse deres drikkoffer av blod,
Heller ikke vil jeg nevne deres navn med mine lepper.
B1930
Mange sorger skal de ha som kjøper sig andre; jeg vil ikke utgyde deres drikkoffere av blod og ikke ta deres navn på mine leber. / < d.e. andre guder.> / < d.e. avgudenes.> / < 2MO 23, 13.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 23:13

    Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

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  • Joshua 23:7

    So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

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  • Psalms 32:10

    Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

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  • Psalms 97:7

    All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

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  • Jonah 2:8

    Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

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  • Isaiah 57:6

    Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

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  • Psalms 106:37–38

    They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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  • Leviticus 23:13

    along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

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