Psalm 109:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

May his children wander about and beg; may they be driven out of the ruins they inhabit!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let his children be continual vagabonds [as was Cain] and beg; let them seek their bread and be driven far from their ruined homes. [Gen. 4:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Let his children wander aimlessly, begging, driven out of their ruined homes.

Psalm 109:10 Cross References

2 Samuel 3:29

May it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge, or who is leprous, or who holds a spindle, or who is slain by the sword, or who lacks bread!”

2 Kings 5:27

Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cleave to you, and to your descendants for ever.” So he went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.

Job 27:14

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough to eat.

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.

Psalm 37:25

I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging bread.

Psalm 59:15

They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill.

Isaiah 16:2

Like fluttering birds, like scattered nestlings, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.