Psalm 109:10
Strong's Lexicon
May his children
בָנָ֣יו (ḇā·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

wander
וְנ֤וֹעַ (wə·nō·w·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 5128: 1) to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable 1a2) to totter, go tottering 1a2a) vagabond (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be tossed about or around 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to toss about 1c2) to shake, cause to totter 1c3) to shake, disturb 1c4) to cause to wander

יָנ֣וּעוּ (yā·nū·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5128: 1) to quiver, totter, shake, reel, stagger, wander, move, sift, make move, wave, waver, tremble 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable 1a2) to totter, go tottering 1a2a) vagabond (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be tossed about or around 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to toss about 1c2) to shake, cause to totter 1c3) to shake, disturb 1c4) to cause to wander

as beggars;
וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ (wə·ši·’ê·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7592: 1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to ask, ask for 1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow 1a3) to enquire, enquire of 1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle) 1a5) to seek 1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully 1c2) to beg, practise beggary 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to be given on request 1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to

may they seek sustenance
וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּ (wə·ḏā·rə·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1875: 1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place) 1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek 1a2a) of God 1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers 1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship 1a3a) God 1a3b) heathen deities 1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require 1a5) to investigate, enquire 1a6) to ask for, require, demand 1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application 1a8) to seek with care, care for 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God) 1b2) to be sought, be sought out 1b3) to be required (of blood)

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 Hebrew 2723: 1) a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

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

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

New American Standard Bible
Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek [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.
Parallel Verses
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!

New American Standard Bible
Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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
















Cross References
Genesis 4:12
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.

Job 30:5
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

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

Psalm 59:15
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 109:9
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Psalm 109:8
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

Psalm 109:7
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

Psalm 109:11
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

Psalm 109:12
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

Psalm 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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