KJV King James Version
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
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Psalm 83:16
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
WEB World English Bible
Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Fill their faces with shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Psalm 83
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
18 That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.
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Cross-references
Psalm 9:19-20Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.Psalm 6:10Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed suddenly.Psalm 34:5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;Psalm 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.Psalm 109:29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
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