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Psalms 69:23

21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

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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.

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BSB
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
KJV
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
WEB
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.
ASV
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
DARBY
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.
BLB
May their eyes grow dark from seeing, and their backs be bent forever!
ÅB
La deres øyne formørkes, så de ikke ser, og la deres lender alltid vakle!
OTB
Måtte deres øyne bli mørklagt så de ikke kan se,
Og få deres kropper til å skjelve kontinuerlig.
B1930
La deres øine formørkes, så de ikke ser, og la deres lender alltid vakle!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Daniel 5:6

    Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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  • Romans 11:10

    Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

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  • Isaiah 6:9–10

    And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:14

    But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

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  • Jeremiah 30:6

    Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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  • Isaiah 21:3–4

    Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

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  • Acts 28:26–27

    Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

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  • Romans 11:25

    For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

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