Psalm 68:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
That your footרַגְלְךָ֗
(rag·le·cha)
7272: footof uncertain derivation
may shatterתִּֽמְחַ֥ץ
(tim·chatz)
4272: to smite through, wound severely, shattera prim. root
[them] in blood,בְּ֫דָ֥ם
(be·dam)
1818: blooda prim. root
The tongueלְשֹׁ֥ון
(le·sho·vn)
3956: tonguefrom an unused word
of your dogsכְּלָבֶ֑יךָ
(ke·la·vei·cha;)
3611: a dogof uncertain derivation
[may have] its portion 
 
4521: portionfrom manah
from [your] enemies." 
 
340: to be hostile toa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
That thy foot
regel  (reh'-gel)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda -- be able to endure, according as, after, coming, follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), great toe, haunt, journey, leg, piss, possession, time.
may be dipped
machats  (maw-khats')
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy -- dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
in the blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
of thine enemies
'oyeb  (o-yabe')
hating; an adversary -- enemy, foe.
and the tongue
lashown  (law-shone')
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
of thy dogs
keleb  (keh'-leb)
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute -- dog.
in the same
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
That your foot may shatter them in blood, The tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies."

King James Bible
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that your foot may wade in blood and your dogs' tongues may have their share from the enemies."

International Standard Version
that your feet may wade through blood. The tongues of your dogs will have their portions from your enemies."

NET Bible
so that your feet may stomp in their blood, and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies' corpses."

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because you will dip your foot and the tongue of your dogs in the blood of your enemies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
so that you, [my people,] may bathe your feet in blood and the tongues of your dogs may lick the blood of your enemies."

King James 2000 Bible
That your foot may be dipped in the blood of your enemies, and the tongue of your dogs in the same.
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