When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
Parallel translations
- KJV When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
- BSB When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
- NKJV When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
- NASB ¶When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.
- NLT My enemies retreated; they staggered and died when you appeared.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 2 Th 1:9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
- Rev 6:12–17I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
- Rev 20:11I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
- Ps 80:16It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
- Ps 76:7You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
- Isa 64:3When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
- Ps 68:1–2For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
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