King James Version
Psalms 109:11 in the King James Version says “Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 109 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.”
Psalms 109:11 · KJV
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“all that he hath and let the strangers”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
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