Psalm 72:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.

New Living Translation
Desert nomads will bow before him; his enemies will fall before him in the dust.

English Standard Version
May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!

Berean Study Bible
May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

New American Standard Bible
May the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust.

NASB 1995
Let the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust.

NASB 1977
Let the nomads of the desert bow before him; And his enemies lick the dust.

Amplified Bible
The nomads of the desert will bow before him, And his enemies will lick the dust.

Christian Standard Bible
May desert tribes kneel before him and his enemies lick the dust.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May desert tribes kneel before him and his enemies lick the dust.

Contemporary English Version
Force the desert tribes to accept his rule, and make his enemies crawl in the dirt.

Good News Translation
The peoples of the desert will bow down before him; his enemies will throw themselves to the ground.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May the people of the desert kneel in front of him. May his enemies lick the dust.

International Standard Version
May the nomads bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

NET Bible
Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

New King James Version
Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him, And His enemies will lick the dust.

King James 2000 Bible
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

New Heart English Bible
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

World English Bible
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

American King James Version
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

American Standard Version
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

A Faithful Version
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him, and His enemies shall lick the dust.

Darby Bible Translation
The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.

English Revised Version
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Webster's Bible Translation
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They that dwell in ye wildernes, shall kneele before him, and his enemies shall licke the dust.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They that dwell in the wildernesse shal kneele before him: his enemies shal licke the dust.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They that dwell in the wildernes, shal knele before him, & his enemies shal licke the dust.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Desert-dwellers bow before Him, "" And His enemies lick the dust.

Young's Literal Translation
Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.

Smith's Literal Translation
Inhabitants of the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground.

Catholic Public Domain Version
In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, and his enemies will lick the ground.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The islands shall bow before him and his enemies will lick up the dust.

Lamsa Bible
They that dwell on the islands shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; And his enemies lick the dust.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
















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