Psalm 109:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward [life] like water, and like oil into his bones.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Since he wore curses like a coat, let them seep inside him like water, seep into his bones like oil!

Psalm 109:18 Cross References

Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

Psalm 109:19

May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself, like a belt that he wears every day.”

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.

Numbers 5:22

now may this water that brings the curse enter your bowels and make your womb discharge, your uterus drop!’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen. Amen.’

Numbers 5:27

When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall discharge, her uterus drop, and the woman shall become an execration among her people.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.”

Acts 1:18

(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.

Acts 1:25

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

Colossians 3:8

But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”