Psalm 109:18
Strong's Lexicon
The cursing
קְלָלָ֗ה (qə·lā·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7045: 1) curse, vilification, execration

he wore
וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ (way·yil·baš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3847: 1) to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put on clothes, be clothed, wear 1a2) to put on, be clothed with (fig.) 1b) (Pual) to be fully clothed 1c) (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress

like a coat,
כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹ (kə·mad·dōw)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4055: 1) measure, cloth garment 1a) measure 1b) cloth, carpet 1c) garment (outer)

may it soak into
וַתָּבֹ֣א (wat·tā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

his body
בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ (bə·qir·bōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7130: 1) midst, among, inner part, middle 1a) inward part 1a1) physical sense 1a2) as seat of thought and emotion 1a3) as faculty of thought and emotion 1b) in the midst, among, from among (of a number of persons) 1c) entrails (of sacrificial animals)

like water,
כַמַּ֣יִם (ḵam·ma·yim)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

and into his bones
בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃ (bə·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6106: 1) bone, essence, substance 1a) bone 1a1) body, limbs, members, external body 1b) bone (of animal) 1c) substance, self

like oil.
וְ֝כַשֶּׁ֗מֶן (wə·ḵaš·še·men)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8081: 1) fat, oil 1a) fat, fatness 1b) oil, olive oil 1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent 1b2) for anointing 1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Young's Literal Translation
And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He wore cursing like his coat — let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil.

New American Standard Bible
But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones.

King James Bible
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.

New Living Translation
Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing, or the water he drinks, or the rich food he eats.

English Standard Version
He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!

New American Standard Bible
But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones.

King James Bible
As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He wore cursing like his coat-- let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil.

International Standard Version
He wore curses like a garment— may they enter his inner being like water and his bones like oil.

NET Bible
He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

American Standard Version
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.

English Revised Version
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it came into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones. Let it be unto him as the raiment

Young's Literal Translation
And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.
















Cross References
Numbers 5:22
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Psalm 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Psalm 109:29
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Jeremiah 43:12
And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

Ezekiel 7:27
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 32:27
And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

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 109:17
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Psalm 109:16
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Psalm 109:15
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 109:19
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
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