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Psalm 109

Psa. 109:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let his children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
be continually
nuwa` (Hebrew #5128)
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
KJV usage: continually, fugitive, X make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
Pronounce: noo'-ah
Origin: a primitive root
vagabonds
nuwa` (Hebrew #5128)
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
KJV usage: continually, fugitive, X make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).
Pronounce: noo'-ah
Origin: a primitive root
, and beg
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
: let them seek
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
their bread also out of their desolate places
chorbah (Hebrew #2723)
properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
KJV usage: decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
Pronounce: khor-baw'
Origin: feminine of 2721
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Bread,
Vagabond

Cross References

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Psa. 37:25• 25I have been a youth, I have also become old:{HR}Yet have I not seen the righteous [man] forsaken,{HR}Nor his seed begging for bread. (Psa. 37:25)
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Gen. 4:12‑14• 12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength to thee; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be on the earth.
 13And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment [is] greater than to be borne.
 14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day on the face of the ground, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth; and it will come to pass [that] every one finding me shall slay me. (Gen. 4:12‑14)
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2 Sam. 3:29• 29let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that lacks bread! (2 Sam. 3:29)
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2 Kings 5:27• 27But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow. (2 Kings 5:27)
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Job 24:8‑12• 8With the rain of mountains they are drenched,{HR}And, shelterless, they embrace a rock.
 9They pluck the orphan from the breast,{HR}And on the poor lay distraint.
 10Naked they go without clothing,{HR}And hungry they bear the sheaf,
 11They make oil within their walls,{HR}They tread wine-vats and they thirst.
 12Out of the city mortals groan,{HR}And the soul of the wounded crieth out;{HR}Yet God regardeth not the folly! (Job 24:8‑12)
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Job 30:3‑9• 3In them the prime was lost through want and hunger,{HR}Who yesterday were gnawing the desert, the waste, and the wild,
 4Plucking saltwort in the jungles, roots of broom their food.
 5At them, driven out of the midst, they hooted, as [at] a thief,
 6To dwell in the horror of glens, dens of the earth, and rocks.
 7Among the bushes they brayed, under the nettles huddled,
 8Sons of folly, sons of no-name, who were whipped out of the land.
 9And now I am become their song, and I am their bye-word; (Job 30:3‑9)
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Isa. 16:2• 2And it shall be, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, the daughter of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. (Isa. 16:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "ruins." so Ps. 102.6. "waste," Lev. 26.31,33.

W. Kelly Translation

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And let his sons be vagabonds (wandering wanderers),{HR}And beg and seek [bread] out of their desolations.