KJV King James Version
And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
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Psalm 59:14
And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
WEB World English Bible
At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.
ASV American Standard Version
And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, And go round about the city.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.
Surrounding context — Psalm 59
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.
13 Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they [may] not [be]: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the God of my mercy.
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