17He loved to pronounce a curse- may it come on him; he found no pleasure in blessing- may it be far from him.


In Context

14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord ; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

15 May their sins always remain before the Lord , that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.

17 He loved to pronounce a curse- may it come on him; he found no pleasure in blessing- may it be far from him.

18 He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.

19 May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

Psalms 109:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

109:17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

109:17But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

109:17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

109:17And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

109:17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

109:17As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

109:17Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

109:17And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

109:17As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.