Psalm 81:14 “how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their f…”

Psalm 81:14

how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

World English Bible

I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

American Standard Version

I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

Geneva Bible 1599

I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.

Darby Translation

I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Young's Literal Translation

As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,

Bible in Basic English

I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

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Cross references

“I should”

Judges 2:20–23 Joshua 23:13 Numbers 14:9 Numbers 14:45

Judges 2:20–23 · BSB

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

Joshua 23:13 · BSB

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this go…

Numbers 14:9 · BSB

Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”

Numbers 14:45 · BSB

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.

“turned”

Amos 1:8 Zechariah 13:7

Amos 1:8 · BSB

I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.

Zechariah 13:7 · BSB

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Also

Psalm 47:3

Psalm 47:3 · BSB

He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

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

In context

13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

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