Psalm 72:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him and His enemies shall lick the dust.

American Standard Version (1901)

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

Common English Bible

Let the desert dwellers bow low before him; let his enemies lick the dust.

Catholic Public Domain Version

They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has traversed the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.

Psalm 72:9 Cross References

Genesis 3:14

And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

1 Kings 9:18

And Ba´alath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

Psalm 110:1

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

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.

Psalm 2:9

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 22:29

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Isaiah 49:23

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

Luke 19:27

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.