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


In Context

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

16 because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

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

18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

19 Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

109:17He loved to pronounce a curse- may it come on him; he found no pleasure in blessing- may 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 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.