KJV King James Version
Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
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Psalm 108:9
Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
WEB World English Bible
Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia.”
ASV American Standard Version
Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe; Over Philistia will I shout.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Moab is a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually.
Surrounding context — Psalm 108
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save [with] thy right hand, and answer me.
7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead [is] mine; Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;
9 Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
11 [Wilt] not [thou], O God, [who] hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
12 Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.
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Ruth 4:7-8Now this [was the manner] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour: and this [was] a testimony in Israel.John 13:8Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.John 13:14If I then, [your] Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.Isaiah 14:29-32Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery flying serpent.Psalm 60:8-10Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.2 Samuel 21:15-22Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.2 Samuel 8:1-2And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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