Psalms 83 · Verse 4

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 83:4, King James Version

Psalms 83:4 in other translations

BSBsaying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
WEB“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
ASVThey have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
YLTThey have said, ‘Come, And we cut them off from being a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'
DARBYThey say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, and let the name of Israel be mentioned no more.
BBEThey have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
WebsterThey have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

What does Psalms 83:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. from being a nation--utter destruction (Is 7:8; 23:1). Israel--here used for Judah, having been the common name.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Let us cut them off - Let us exterminate the whole race, that there may not be a record of them on the face of the earth. And their scheme was well laid: eight or ten different nations united themselves in a firm bond to do this; and they had kept their purpose so secret that the king of Judah does not appear to have heard of it till his territories were actually invaded, and the different bodies of this coalition had assembled at En-gedi. Never was Judah before in greater danger.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 83:1-8

Sometimes God seems not to be concerned at the unjust treatment of his people. But then we may call upon him, as the psalmist here. All wicked people are God's enemies, especially wicked persecutors. The Lord's people are his hidden one; the world knows them not. He takes them under his special protection. Do the enemies of the church act with one consent to destroy it, and shall not the friends of the church be…

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Psalms 83:4 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.

אָמְר֗וּ'a.me.Ruthey have saidH559
לְ֭כוּLe.khucomeH1980
וְנַכְחִידֵ֣םve.nakh.chi.Demand let us annihilate themH3582
מִגּ֑וֹיmi.Goyfrom a nationH1471
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִזָּכֵ֖רyi.za.Kherit will be rememberedH2142
שֵֽׁם\־shem-[the] name ofH8034
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עֽוֹד\׃odagainH5750

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Cross references for Psalms 83:4

  • Jeremiah 48:2

    There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

  • Jeremiah 11:19

    But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Esther 3:6-9

    And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them. If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

  • Psalms 74:8

    They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

  • Acts 9:1-2

    And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

  • Daniel 7:25

    And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

  • Exodus 1:10

    Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

  • Jeremiah 31:36

    If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

  • Matthew 27:62-66

    Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. …

  • Proverbs 1:12

    Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

  • Acts 4:17

    But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 1:10; Es 3:6-9; Pr 1:12; Jer 11:19; 31:36; Da 7:25; Mt 27:62-66
Ac 4:17; 9:1,2

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Context

  • Psalms 83:3

    They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

  • 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 83:5

    For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

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Psalms 83:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Han dicho: Venid, y cortémoslos de ser pueblo, y no haya más memoria del nombre de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils trament avec astuce des complots contre ton peuple, et ils consultent contre tes fidèles cachés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie sprechen: Kommet und lasset uns sie vertilgen, daß sie keine Nation mehr seien, daß nicht mehr gedacht werde des Namens Israel!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Etenim passer invenit sibi domum, et turtur nidum sibi, ubi ponat pullos suos: altaria tua, Domine virtutum, rex meus, et Deus meus.