Psalm 109:10 “May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their…”

Psalm 109:10

May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

World English Bible

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

American Standard Version

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let his children be vagabonds and beg and seeke bread, comming out of their places destroyed.

Darby Translation

Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;

Young's Literal Translation

And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

Bible in Basic English

Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

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Cross references

“Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.”

Psalm 37:25 Genesis 4:12–14 2 Kings 5:27 Isaiah 16:2 2 Samuel 3:29 Job 24:8–12

Psalm 37:25 · BSB

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

Genesis 4:12–14 · BSB

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

2 Kings 5:27 · BSB

Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.

Isaiah 16:2 · BSB

Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

2 Samuel 3:29 · BSB

May it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks fo…

Job 24:8–12 · BSB

Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

Also

Psalm 59:15

Psalm 59:15 · BSB

They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

11May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

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