Psalm 68:21
Strong's Lexicon
Surely
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: 1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)

God
אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

will crush
יִמְחַץ֮ (yim·ḥaṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4272: 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle)

the heads
רֹ֤אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

of His enemies,
אֹ֫יְבָ֥יו (’ō·yə·ḇāw)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 341: 1) (Qal) enemy 1a) personal 1b) national

the hairy
שֵׂעָ֑ר (śê·‘ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8181: 1) hair 1a) hair (of animals, man) 1b) hair (of garment made of hair)

crowns
קָדְקֹ֥ד (qā·ḏə·qōḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6936: 1) head, crown of head, top of head, hairy crown, scalp

of those who persist
מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ (miṯ·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

in guilty ways.
בַּאֲשָׁמָֽיו׃ (ba·’ă·šā·māw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 817: 1) guilt, offense, guiltiness 1a) offense, trespass, fault 1b) guilt, guiltiness 1c) compensation (for offense) 1d) trespass offering, guilt offering

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

Young's Literal Translation
Only—God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Surely God crushes the heads of His enemies, the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.

New American Standard Bible
Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies, The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

King James Bible
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

New Living Translation
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways.

English Standard Version
But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

New American Standard Bible
Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies, The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

King James Bible
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Surely God crushes the heads of His enemies, the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.

International Standard Version
God surely strikes the heads of his enemies, even the hairy heads of those who continue in their guilt.

NET Bible
Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion.

American Standard Version
But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

English Revised Version
But God shall smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

Young's Literal Translation
Only -- God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.
















Cross References
Psalm 110:6
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

Amos 9:1
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

Habakkuk 3:13
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

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 68:20
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

Psalm 68:19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Psalm 68:18
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Psalm 68:22
The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

Psalm 68:23
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

Psalm 68:24
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
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