Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
Parallel translations
- KJV Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
- BSB Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
- NKJV Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
- NASB Fill their faces with dishonor, So that they will seek Your name, Lord.
- NLT Utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name, O Lord.
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Cross-references · 6
- Ps 6:10May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
- Ps 9:19–20Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
- Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
- Ps 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”
- Ps 109:29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
- Ps 34:5They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
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