Psalm 129:5
New International Version
May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

New Living Translation
May all who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shameful defeat.

English Standard Version
May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!

Berean Standard Bible
May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

King James Bible
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

New King James Version
Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back.

New American Standard Bible
May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

NASB 1995
May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

NASB 1977
May all who hate Zion, Be put to shame and turned backward,

Legacy Standard Bible
Let all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;

Amplified Bible
May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].

Christian Standard Bible
Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace.

American Standard Version
Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
All the haters of Zion shall turn their backside.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

Contemporary English Version
I pray that all who hate the city of Zion will be made ashamed and forced to turn and run.

Douay-Rheims Bible
let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.

English Revised Version
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat.

Good News Translation
May everyone who hates Zion be defeated and driven back.

International Standard Version
Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

Literal Standard Version
All hating Zion [are] confounded and turn backward.

Majority Standard Bible
May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

New American Bible
May they recoil in disgrace, all who hate Zion.

NET Bible
May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back!

New Revised Standard Version
May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward.

New Heart English Bible
Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

World English Bible
Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

Young's Literal Translation
Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

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Context
The Cords of the Wicked
4The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. 5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. 6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,…

Cross References
Psalm 35:4
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

Psalm 70:3
May those who say, "Aha, aha!" retreat because of their shame.

Psalm 71:13
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Micah 4:11
But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, "Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion."


Treasury of Scripture

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

be confounded

Psalm 83:4-11
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…

Psalm 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Esther 6:13
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

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Psalm 129
1. An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their great afflictions
5. The haters of the church are cursed














Verse 5. - Let them all be confounded; or, "they shall all be confounded," or "put to shame." And turned back. Made to turn their backs upon their foes. That hate Zion. That have shown themselves enemies to Israel. The main verbs are in the future tense, but may be taken as expressive either of a wish or of a confident expectation.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May all
כֹּ֝֗ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who hate
שֹׂנְאֵ֥י (śō·nə·’ê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8130: To hate

Zion
צִיּֽוֹן׃ (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

be turned
וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ (wə·yis·sō·ḡū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5472: To move away, backslide

back
אָח֑וֹר (’ā·ḥō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 268: The hinder part, behind, backward, the West

in shame.
יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ (yê·ḇō·šū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed


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