Psalm 79:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And return into the bosom of our neighbors sevenfold the taunts with which they have taunted and scoffed at You, O Lord!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Common English Bible

¹² Pay back our neighbors seven times over, right where it hurts, for the insults they used on you, Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.

Psalm 79:12 Cross References

Genesis 4:15

Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If any one slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who came upon him should kill him.

Psalm 44:16

at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?

Psalm 89:52

Blessed be the Lord for ever! Amen and Amen.

Proverbs 6:31

And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.

Jeremiah 32:18

who showest steadfast love to thousands, but dost requite the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the Lord of hosts,

Ezekiel 35:12

And you shall know that I, the Lord, have heard all the revilings which you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.’

Ezekiel 36:7

therefore thus says the Lord God: I swear that the nations that are round about you shall themselves suffer reproach.

Leviticus 26:21

“Then if you walk contrary to me, and will not hearken to me, I will bring more plagues upon you, sevenfold as many as your sins.

Leviticus 26:28

then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and chastise you myself sevenfold for your sins.

Luke 6:38

give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”