that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
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that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
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That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
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(68-24) That thy foot may wade through blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.'
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Passages linked to Psalms 68:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 21:19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?” ’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”
- Psalms 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
- 1 Kings 22:38 They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood where the prostitutes washed themselves; according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke.
- Revelation 19:17-21 I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, small and great.” I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army. The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.
- 2 Kings 9:33-37 He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses. Then he trampled her under foot. When he had come in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.” They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands. Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, “This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel, and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, “This is Jezebel.” ’ ”
- Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat? “I have trodden the wine press alone. Of the peoples, no one was with me. Yes, I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath. Their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing. For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come. I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My own wrath upheld me. I trod down the peoples in my anger and made them drunk in my wrath. I poured their lifeblood out on the earth.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, in the blood of that great slaughter,…
That is, in the blood of that great slaughter, where dogs shall lap blood.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in…
Psa 68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Ver. 23. That thy foot may be dipped] Heb. redded, imbrued, made gore bloody. Hereby is implied a very great slaughter. Confer Rev 19:17-18; Rev 19:21.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain And as it was at the Red Sea and…
And as it was at the Red Sea and at Bashan before, so yet again thine enemies shall be slain in such great numbers, that thou mayst wade in their blood, and thy dogs lick it up in the field.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain That thy foot may be dipped in the blood…
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies,.... This verse is in connection with Psa 68:21, with Psa 68:23 being to be read in a parenthesis: the sense is, that the Messiah would so wound the head and hairy scalp of his people's enemies, and there should be such a large effusion of blood, that their feet should be dipped therein, Rev 14:20; See Gill on Psa 58:10;
and the tongue of thy dogs in the same; who should lick it up, as the dogs licked the blood of Jezebel, Kg1 21:19; and so such a carnage will be made of antichrist and his followers, that the fowls of the heavens will be called upon to eat the flesh of kings, captains, and mighty ones, Rev 19:17.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain That, &c. - And as it was at the…
That, &c. - And as it was at the Red Sea, and at Bashan before, so yet again thine enemies shall be slain in such numbers, that thou mayst wade in their blood, and thy dogs lick it up in the field.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. That thy foot may be dipped in…
Verse 23. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood] God will make such a slaughter among his enemies, the Amorites, that thou shalt walk over their dead bodies; and beasts of prey shall feed upon them.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain That thy foot may be dipped in the blood…
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies ... - Margin, “red.” A more literal rendering would be, “That thou mayest crush - thy foot in blood - the tongue of thy dogs from the enemies, from him.” The idea of “dipping” the foot in blood is not in the passage directly; but the leading thought is that of “crushing” the enemy. It is then “added” that the foot would be in blood. So of the tongue of the dogs. The “meaning” is, that the tongues of dogs would be employed in licking up the blood of the enemies, though that is not “expressed” in so many words. The sense of the whole is, that the foes of the people would be slain.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. Thy foot… dipped in… blood—The Hebrew word for…
23. Thy foot… dipped in… blood—The Hebrew word for “dipped” means to dash, crush, and is translated wound in Psa_68:21. The Septuagint has it, βαπτω, (bapto,) to dip, stain, colour. The metaphor is that of passing over the dead bodies of the slain on the battlefield while pursuing a retreating enemy, when the feet become stained with blood. Same as “treading under foot” an enemy, Psa_44:5; see, also, Isa_63:1. The idea of great slaughter is conveyed. So “dipping the foot in oil” has the idea of copiousness. Deu_33:24; Job_29:6. See, of God’s enemies, Rev_19:17-18; Rev_19:21.
And the tongue of thy dogs—An expression of great contempt and dishonour of the dead. See 1Ki_21:19. Wild dogs and jackals always followed an army. Thus will the enemies of Jehovah perish.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood,
23. That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood,
That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from (thine) enemies.
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This rendering of the R.V. probably gives the right sense, though the Heb. presents some difficulties. For dip should probably be read wash, as in Psa_58:10, which passage (with the notes) should be compared. The thought of the approaching vengeance upon the enemies of Israel is a prominent one in Isaiah 40-66. See e.g. Isa_41:15 f.; Isa_49:26; Isa_63:1 ff. The judgement of the oppressor is in fact the necessary condition of the deliverance of the oppressed, indispensable moreover as the vindication of God’s eternal justice.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) That thy foot.—This makes an unnecessary transposition of…
(23) That thy foot.—This makes an unnecessary transposition of a very involved sentence. The image is perfectly clear, though the syntax, as often happens in all languages, goes tripping itself up. The conqueror, after wading in the blood of his enemies, is met by the dogs, who lick his gory feet. With a change of one letter we may render, “That thou mayest wash thy foot in blood—yea, the tongue of thy dogs in (the blood of) thine enemies.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That thy foot may be dipped in the blood…
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies; i.e. "I will bring them back for thee, my people, to dip your feet in their blood." The same metaphor is used in Isa_63:1-3; but it is Godhimself who, in that passage, has his feet reddened in his enemies" blood, And the tongue of thy dogs in the same. The Authorized Version has omitted one word of the original here. Translate, And that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from the same. (comp. 2Ki_9:35 Jer_15:3)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 23. That thy foot may be dipped in…
Ver. 23. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies. Vengeance shall be awarded to the oppressed people, and that most complete and terrible.
And the tongue of thy dogs in the same. So overwhelming should be the defeat of the foe that dogs should lick their blood. Here "the stern joy which warriors feel" expresses itself in language most natural to the oriental ear. To us, except in a spiritual sense, the verse sounds harshly; but read it with an inner sense, and we also desire the utter and crushing defeat of all evil, and that wrong and sin may be the objects of profound contempt. Terrible is the God of Israel when he cometh forth as a man of war, and dreadful is even the Christ of God when he bares his arm to smite his enemies. Contemplate Revelation 19 and note the following: --"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and his name is called The Word of God... And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit upon them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh."
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Ver. 23. That thy foot may be dipped, etc. The blood of thy enemies, shed in such abundance that thy dogs shall lap and drink it, shall be the sea in which thou shalt pass, and that red without a figure. And, proportionably shall be the destruction on the enemies of Christ and Christians in the age of the Messiah. Henry Hammond.
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