Psalms 69 · Verse 25

Psalms 69:25

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
Psalms 69:25, King James Version

Psalms 69:25 in other translations

BSBMay their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
WEBLet their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
ASVLet their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
YLTTheir tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.
DARBYLet their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.
BBEGive their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.
WebsterLet their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

What does Psalms 69:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 69:24-25

24-25. An utter desolation awaits them. They will not only be driven from their homes, but their homes--or, literally, "palaces," indicative of wealth--shall be desolate (compare Mt 23:38).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:22-29

These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses #(22-23), are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in Ro 11:9, 10. When the supports of life and delights of sense, through the corruption of our nature, are made the food and fuel of sin, then our table is a snare. Their sin was, that they would not see, but shut their eyes against the light, loving darkness rather; their…

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Psalms 69:25 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.

תְּהִי\־te.hi-may it beH1961
טִֽירָתָ֥םti.ra.Tamencampment theirH2918
נְשַׁמָּ֑הne.sha.Mahmade desolateH8074
בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םbe.'o.ho.lei.Hemin tents theirH168
אַל\־'al-may notH408
יְהִ֥יye.Hianyone beH1961
יֹשֵֽׁב\׃yo.ShevdwellingH3427

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

Cross references for Psalms 69:25

  • Acts 1:20

    For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

  • Matthew 23:38

    Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

  • Jeremiah 7:12-14

    But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • Isaiah 6:11

    Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

  • Luke 13:35

    Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

  • Matthew 24:1-2

    And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Isaiah 5:1

    Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let their.
1Ki 9:8; Jer 7:12-14; Mt 23:38; 24:1,2; Ac 1:20
habitation. Heb. palace.
Isa 5:1; 6:11
let none dwell. Heb. let there not be a dweller.

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Context

  • Psalms 69:24

    Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

  • Psalms 69:25

    Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

  • Psalms 69:26

    For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

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Psalms 69:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sea su palacio asolado: en sus tiendas no haya morador.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Répands sur eux ton indignation, et que l’ardeur de ta colère les atteigne.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verwüstet sei ihre Wohnung, in ihren Zelten sei kein Bewohner!