Psalms 109:13

13 May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.

Psalms 109:13 in Other Translations

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

13 May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!

13 May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.

13 Chop down his family tree so that nobody even remembers his name.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

13 Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.

13 Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation.

13 May their family line come to an end. May their names be forgotten by those who live after them.

Psalms 109:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 109:13

Let his posterity be cut off
As the seed of the wicked are said to be, ( Psalms 37:28 ) , or cut down, as a tree to the very root; as the Jewish nation was by the axe of God's judgment, which, John says, was laid to the root of the tree, and the blow just going to be given, as it was in a few years after, ( Matthew 3:10 ) or, as the Targum,

``let his end be for destruction;''

and so the Syriac version, "let their end be for destruction"; their last end, which it is said shall be cut off, and issue in death, eternal death; when the end of a good man is peace and eternal life, see ( Psalms 37:37 Psalms 37:38 ) ( Romans 6:21 ) .

And in the generation following let their name be blotted out:
or, in another age ^F4; the next age, the third generation; meaning the name of the posterity of Judas, and the name of the people of the Jews, so as to be spoken of with honour and reputation; but, instead of that, they are for a taunt, a proverb, and a curse, in all places.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (rxa rwdb) "in generatione altera", Pagninus, Montanus

Psalms 109:13 In-Context

11 May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

12 May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.

13 May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.

14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth.

Cross References

• 1. Job 18:19; Psalms 21:10; Psalms 37:28
• 2. S Numbers 14:12; Psalms 9:5; Proverbs 10:7