Psalms 109 · Verse 9

Psalms 109:9

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Psalms 109:9, King James Version

Psalms 109:9 in other translations

BSBMay his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
WEBLet his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
ASVLet his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
YLTHis sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
DARBYLet his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;
BBELet his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
WebsterLet his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

What does Psalms 109:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 109:9-10
9-10. Let his family share the punishment, his children be as wandering beggars to prowl in their desolate homes, a greedy and relentless creditor grasp his substance, his labor, or the fruit of it, enure to strangers and not his heirs, and his unprotected, fatherless children fall in want, so that his posterity shall utterly fail.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Let his children be fatherless, etc. - It is said that Judas was a married man, against whom this verse, as well as the preceding is supposed to be spoken; and that it was to support them that he stole from the bag in which the property of the apostles was put, and of which he was the treasurer.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 109:6-20

The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that…

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Psalms 109:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִֽהְיוּ\־yih.yu-may they beH1961
בָנָ֥יוva.Navchildren hisH1121
יְתוֹמִ֑יםye.to.Mimfatherless onesH3490
וְ֝אִשְׁתּוֹve.'ish.toand wife hisH802
אַלְמָנָֽה\׃'al.ma.Naha widowH490

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 109:9

  • Exodus 22:24

    And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Lamentations 5:3

    We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 22:24; Jer 18:21; La 5:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 109:8

    Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

  • Psalms 109:9

    Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

  • Psalms 109:10

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

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Psalms 109:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sean sus hijos huérfanos, y su mujer viuda.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que ses fils soient orphelins, et sa femme veuve;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seine Söhne seien Waisen, und sein Weib eine Witwe!