Psalms 109:10

Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

In Context

9Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;

11Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:29Let it be hurled upon the head of Joab, and against all his father’s house,—and let there not fail from the house of Joab—one that hath an issue, or a leper, or one that leaneth on a crutch, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

Job 5:4His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:

Job 27:14If his children be multiplied, for them, [there is] the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;

Psalms 37:25Young, have I been, moreover am old,—Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:

Isaiah 16:2Yet shall it be that—Like wandering birds from a nest cast forth, Shall be the daughters of Moab, at the fords of Arnon.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:7-21

Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be none to… Read the whole commentary →

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