Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
- BSB Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- NKJV Moab is My washpot; Over Edom I will cast My shoe; Over Philistia I will triumph.”
- NASB “Moab is My washbowl; I will throw My sandal over Edom; I will shout aloud over Philistia.”
- NLT But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant, and I will wipe my feet on Edom and shout in triumph over Philistia.”
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- Isa 14:29–32Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
- Ruth 4:7–8Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of legalizing transactions in Israel.
- John 13:8Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
- John 13:14If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
- 2 Sam 21:15–22The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
- Ps 60:8–10Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
- 2 Sam 8:1–2After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
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