Psalms 83 · Verse 12

Psalms 83:12

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

Psalms 83:12, King James Version

Psalms 83:12 in other translations

BSB	who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
WEB	who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
ASV	Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.
YLT	Who have said, ‘Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'
DARBY	For they have said, Let us take to ourselves God's dwelling-places in possession.
BBE	Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the resting-place of God.
Webster	Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

What does Psalms 83:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. The language of the invaders. houses--literally, "residences," enclosures, as for flocks (Psa 65:12). of God--as the proprietors of the land (2Ch 20:11; Is 14:25).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession - Nearly the words spoken by the confederates when they came to attack Jehoshaphat. They come (says the king in address to God) to cast us out of thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit. See 2Chr 20:11.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 83:9-18

All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be made to fear thy name, and perhaps that…

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Psalms 83:12 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.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834

אָ֭מְרוּ'A.me.ruthey saidH559

נִ֣ירֲשָׁהNi.ra.shahlet us take possession ofH3423

לָּ֑נוּLa.nufor ourselves

אֵ֝֗ת'Et<obj.>H853

נְא֣וֹתne.'ot[the] pastures ofH4999

אֱלֹהִֽים\׃'E.lo.HimGodH430

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

Cross references for Psalms 83:12

2 Chronicles 20:11
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
Psalms 83:4
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Psalms 74:7-8
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

4; 74:7,8; 2Ch 20:11

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

Context

Psalms 83:11
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Psalms 83:12
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
Psalms 83:13
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

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Psalms 83:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Que han dicho: Heredemos para nosotros las moradas de Dios.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Fais que leurs nobles soient comme Oreb et comme Zeëb, et tous leurs princes comme Zébakh et comme Tsalmunna;
German Elberfelder 1871	Weil sie gesagt haben: Lasset uns in Besitz nehmen die Wohnungen Gottes!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Quia misericordiam et veritatem diligit Deus: gratiam et gloriam dabit Dominus.