KJV King James Version
For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].
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Psalm 75:8
For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
WEB World English Bible
For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
ASV American Standard Version
For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For a cup is in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,
Surrounding context — Psalm 75
5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.
6 For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8 For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].
9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforכ֪וֹסH3563 · koscupבְּֽיַד־H3027 · yadhandיְהוָ֡הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְיַ֤יִןH3196 · ya.yinwineחָמַ֨ר׀H2560 · cha.marto aggitateמָ֥לֵאH4392 · ma.lefullמֶסֶךְ֮H4538 · me.sekhmixtureוַיַּגֵּ֪רH5064 · na.garto pourמִ֫זֶּ֥הH2088 · zehthisאַךְ־H389 · akhsurelyשְׁ֭מָרֶיהָH8105 · she.merdregיִמְצ֣וּH4680 · ma.tsahto drainיִשְׁתּ֑וּH8354 · sha.tahto drinkכֹּ֝֗לH3605 · kolallרִשְׁעֵי־H7563 · ra.sahwickedאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Job 21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.Jeremiah 25:15For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.Psalm 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.Revelation 16:19And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.Revelation 14:9-10And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,Jeremiah 25:17Then took I the cup at the LORD’S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:Psalm 60:3Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.Isaiah 5:22Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:Isaiah 51:22Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God [that] pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, [even] the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:Proverbs 23:30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.Jeremiah 25:27-28Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, [and] wrung [them] out.Psalm 73:10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
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