Psalm 81:15 “Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would la…”

Psalm 81:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

World English Bible

The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

American Standard Version

The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.

Darby Translation

The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.

Bible in Basic English

The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.

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Cross references

“The haters”

Deuteronomy 7:10 Romans 1:30 Romans 8:7 Exodus 20:5 Psalm 83:2–18 Psalm 18:45

Deuteronomy 7:10 · BSB

But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.

Romans 1:30 · BSB

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

Romans 8:7 · BSB

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Psalm 83:2–18 · BSB

See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

Psalm 18:45 · BSB

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

“submitted themselves”

Psalm 63:3 Psalm 18:44

Psalm 63:3 · BSB

Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.

Psalm 18:44 · BSB

When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.

“time”

Joel 3:20 Psalm 102:28 Isaiah 65:22

Joel 3:20 · BSB

But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

Psalm 102:28 · BSB

The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”

Isaiah 65:22 · BSB

No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

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

In context

14how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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