Psalm 105:14
 Psalm 105:14 
New International Version (©2011)
He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

New Living Translation (©2007)
Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf:

English Standard Version (©2001)
he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes:

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He allowed no one to oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:"

International Standard Version (©2012)
He did not allow anyone to oppress them, or any kings to reprove them.

NET Bible (©2006)
He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And he allowed no man to do them wrong; he rebuked Kings for their sakes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He didn't permit anyone to oppress them. He warned kings about them:

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
He allowed no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

American King James Version
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;

American Standard Version
He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.

Darby Bible Translation
He suffered no man to oppress them, and reproved kings for their sakes,

English Revised Version
He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

Webster's Bible Translation
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;

World English Bible
He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Young's Literal Translation
He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

105:8-23 Let us remember the Redeemer's marvellous works, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. Though true Christians are few number, strangers and pilgrims upon earth, yet a far better inheritance than Canaan is made sure to them by the covenant of God; and if we have the anointing of the Holy Spirit, none can do us any harm. Afflictions are among our mercies. They prove our faith and love, they humble our pride, they wean us from the world, and quicken our prayers. Bread is the staff which supports life; when that staff is broken, the body fails and sinks to the earth. The word of God is the staff of spiritual life, the food and support of the soul: the sorest judgment is a famine of hearing the word of the Lord. Such a famine was sore in all lands when Christ appeared in the flesh; whose coming, and the blessed effect of it, are shadowed forth in the history of Joseph. At the appointed time Christ was exalted as Mediator; all the treasures of grace and salvation are at his disposal, perishing sinners come to him, and are relieved by him.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 14. - He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes. The reference is to the punishment inflicted on the Pharaoh of Abraham's time (Genesis 12:17), and on Abimelech of Gerar (Genesis 20:3, 7, 18).


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He suffered no man to do them wrong,.... Though strangers and unsettled, and moving from place to place; and few in number, and weak and defenceless. Thus the herdsmen of Gerar were not suffered to do any harm to Isaac and his herdsmen; but, on the contrary, the king of the place, with some of his chief men, sought an alliance, and entered into one with Isaac. Thus Laban was not suffered to hurt Jacob, nor the Sichemites to hurt him and his sons; the terror of God falling on all the cities round about, Genesis 26:20. The people of God are in this world exposed to the injuries of the men of it, being as sheep among wolves; and it is often in the power of their hands to hurt them, as it was in the power of Laban to hurt Jacob; nor do they want an inclination, there being a rooted enmity in the seed of the serpent to the seed of the woman: but God will not suffer them; though they would willingly, like Balaam, curse them, yet they cannot curse whom God has blessed; he will not suffer them to injure them.

Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; as Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Abimelech king of Gerar; whom he reproved, both verbally and really, with words and stripes, Genesis 12:17. Kings are to be reproved by men, when they do amiss, as Herod was by John Baptist; and may expect to be reproved by the King of kings, when they do wrong, especially to his people; who are themselves kings and priests unto God, and are esteemed by him above the kings of the earth, and made higher than they.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

14. reproved kings—Pharaoh of Egypt and Abimelech of Gerar (Ge 12:17; 20:3).


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Tell of His Wonderful Works!
13When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 14He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes; 15Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm. …

Genesis 12:17 But the LORD inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai.
Genesis 20:3 But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman."
Genesis 20:7 Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die."
Genesis 35:5 Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.
Psalm 105:13 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
Jeremiah 39:12 "Take him and look after him; don't harm him but do for him whatever he asks."