Psalms 83:12
10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
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
- who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
- KJV
- Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
- WEB
- who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
- ASV
- Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.
- DARBY
- For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
- BLB
- who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
- ÅB
- dem som sier: Vi vil ta oss Guds boliger til eie!
- OTB
- Som sa: “La oss ta i eie
Guds marker.” - B1930
- dem som sier: Vi vil ta oss Guds boliger til eie!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 20:11
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
Read in contextPsalms 83:4
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Read in contextPsalms 74:7–8
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Read in context