Psalm 79:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² And repay to our neighbours sevenfold Their reproach, into their bosom, With which they have reproached You, O יהוה.

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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.

Psalm 79:12 Cross References

Genesis 4:15

And יהוה  said to him, “Well, if anyone kills Qayin, vengeance is taken on him sevenfold.” And יהוה  set up a sign for Qayin, lest anyone finding him kills him.

Psalm 44:16

Because of the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer, Because of the enemy and avenger.

Psalm 74:10

O Elohim, how long would the adversary reproach? Would the enemy despise Your Name forever?

Psalm 89:52

Blessed be יהוה  forever! Amĕ

Proverbs 6:31

Yet if he is caught he repays sevenfold; He gives all the wealth of his house.

Jeremiah 32:18

who show kindness to thousands, and repay the crookedness of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them – the Great, the Mighty Ě

Ezekiel 35:12

“And you shall know that I am יהוה. I have heard all your scorns which you have spoken against the mountains of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 36:7

‘Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “I have lifted My hand in an oath that the gentiles that are around you shall bear their own shame.

Leviticus 26:21

‘And if you walk contrary to Me, and refuse to obey Me, I shall bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins,

Leviticus 26:28

then I shall walk contrary to you in wrath. And I Myself shall punish you seven times for your sins.

Luke 6:38

“Give, and it shall be given to you. A good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over shall be put into your lap. For with the same measure with which you measure, it shall be measured back to you.”