Psalm 109:10
New International Version
May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.

New Living Translation
May his children wander as beggars and be driven from their ruined homes.

English Standard Version
May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!

Berean Standard Bible
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

King James Bible
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

New King James Version
Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg; Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.

New American Standard Bible
May his children wander about and beg; And may they seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

NASB 1995
Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

NASB 1977
Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Let his sons wander aimlessly and beg; And let them search for food from their ruined homes.

Amplified Bible
Let his children wander and beg; Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.

Christian Standard Bible
Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes.

American Standard Version
Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
— Peshitta mss. omit v. 10:"Let his sons always beg and be vagabonds, and seek food out of their ruins.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.

Contemporary English Version
make his children beg for food and live in the slums.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.

English Revised Version
Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.

Good News Translation
May his children be homeless beggars; may they be driven from the ruins they live in!

International Standard Version
May his children roam around begging, seeking food while driven far from their ruined homes.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

Literal Standard Version
And his sons wander continually, | Indeed, they have begged, | And have sought out of their dry places.

Majority Standard Bible
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

New American Bible
May his children wander and beg, driven from their hovels.

NET Bible
May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!

New Revised Standard Version
May his children wander about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit.

New Heart English Bible
Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

World English Bible
Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Young's Literal Translation
And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

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Context
The Song of the Slandered
9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. 11May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.…

Cross References
Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."

Job 30:5
They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,

Psalm 37:25
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

Psalm 59:15
They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.


Treasury of Scripture

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

Psalm 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Genesis 4:12-14
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth…

2 Samuel 3:29
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

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Psalm 109
1. David complains of his slanderous enemies
16. He shows their sin
21. Complaining of his own misery, he prays for help
29. He promises thankfulness














(10) Be continually vagabonds.--"Wander and wander about" would better reproduce the original.

Desolate places.--Rather, ruins. They are imagined creeping out of the ruins of their homes to beg. But there was a different reading, followed by the LXX. and Vulg., "let them be driven out of their homes." This reading involves but a slight literal change. Comp.,

"Worse evil yet I pray for on my spouse;

Let him still live, through strange towns roam in want,

Exiled, suspected, cowering, with no home."

SENECA: Med., i. 19.

Verse 10. - Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg. If it be just that the sins of the fathers be visited upon the children, the psalmist may be regarded as justified in this wish. Still, it is not one that a Christian will readily echo. Let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. Professor Cheyne corrects דָרְשׁוּ into לֺגּדְשׁוּ, and translates, "Let them be driven from their desolate houses."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May his children
בָנָ֣יו (ḇā·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

wander
וְנ֤וֹעַ (wə·nō·w·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

as beggars;
וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ (wə·ši·’ê·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

may they seek sustenance
וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּ (wə·ḏā·rə·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

far from their ruined homes.
מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (mê·ḥā·rə·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin


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