Psalm 109:14
New International Version
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

New Living Translation
May the LORD never forget the sins of his fathers; may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.

English Standard Version
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!

Berean Standard Bible
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

King James Bible
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

New King James Version
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

New American Standard Bible
May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be wiped out.

NASB 1995
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

NASB 1977
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Legacy Standard Bible
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before Yahweh, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Amplified Bible
Let the wickedness of his fathers be remembered by the LORD; And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Christian Standard Bible
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let his ancestors’ guilt be remembered before the LORD, and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.

American Standard Version
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The evil of their fathers will be remembered and the sins of their mothers will not be blotted out.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Contemporary English Version
"Don't let the LORD forgive the sins of his parents and his ancestors.

Douay-Rheims Bible
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

English Revised Version
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let the LORD remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother's sin.

Good News Translation
May the LORD remember the evil of his ancestors and never forgive his mother's sins.

International Standard Version
May his ancestors' guilt be remembered in the LORD's presence, and may his mother's guilt not be erased.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Let the iniquity of his fathers be brought to remembrance unto the LORD; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Literal Standard Version
The iniquity of his fathers | Is remembered to YHWH, | And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

Majority Standard Bible
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

New American Bible
May his fathers’ guilt be mentioned to the LORD; his mother’s sin not rooted out.

NET Bible
May his ancestors' sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother's sin not be forgotten!

New Revised Standard Version
May the iniquity of his father be remembered before the LORD, and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

New Heart English Bible
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

World English Bible
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Young's Literal Translation
The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

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Context
The Song of the Slandered
13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. 14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. 15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.…

Cross References
Exodus 20:5
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,

Numbers 14:18
The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.'

Nehemiah 4:5
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

Psalm 69:27
Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

Isaiah 65:6
Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

Isaiah 65:7
both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers," says the LORD. "Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds."

Jeremiah 18:23
But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.


Treasury of Scripture

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

let the

Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Leviticus 26:39
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

2 Samuel 3:29
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

let not

2 Kings 8:27
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

2 Kings 9:27
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

2 Kings 10:13,14
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen…

blotted

Nehemiah 4:5
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Jeremiah 18:23
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

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Psalm 109
1. David complains of his slanderous enemies
16. He shows their sin
21. Complaining of his own misery, he prays for help
29. He promises thankfulness














(14) Fathers.--The sweet of vengeance lies in its completeness. The curse must strike backwards as well as forwards, and the root as well as the branch be destroyed. Undoubtedly the Mosaic Law, which proclaimed that the "iniquity of the fathers should be visited on the children," suggested the form of the imprecation.

Sin of his mother.--Is the necessity of the parallel. ism sufficient to account for this mention of the mother, or is some definite circumstance in the poet's thought? The theory which makes this portion of the psalm (Psalm 109:6-20), a quotation of curses really uttered by Shimei against David, finds an allusion to the Moabitish descent on the mother's side. (Comp. the Rabbinical explanation of Psalm 51:5.)

Verse 14. - Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord. Let the threatening of Exodus 20:5 take effect in his case, and the sins of his forefathers be remembered by God, and visited upon him. And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out; i.e. erased from God's remembrance. Let it also be visited on him, as Jezebel's was on her children.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May the iniquity
עֲוֺ֣ן (‘ă·wōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

of his fathers
אֲ֭בֹתָיו (’ă·ḇō·ṯāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

be remembered
יִזָּכֵ֤ר ׀ (yiz·zā·ḵêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

before
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and the sin
וְחַטַּ֥את (wə·ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

of his mother
אִ֝מּ֗וֹ (’im·mōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

never
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

be erased.
תִּמָּֽח׃ (tim·māḥ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to


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