Psalms 69:25

“Let their encampment be desolate; in their tents let there be no one who dwells.”
Psalms 69:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Letתְּהִיtheir encampmentטִירָתָםbe desolate;נְשַׁמָּהin their tentsבְּאָהֳלֵיהֶםlet there beיְהִיnoאַלone who dwells.יֹשֵׁב

Quotation · Acts 1:20

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Peter applies Psalm 69:25 to Judas in the singular: “his dwelling,” where the Hebrew says “their encampment… their tents.”

Formula: γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν “for it is written in the book of Psalms” (Acts 1:20)

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Greek of the New Testament: γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν βίβλῳ ψαλμῶν Γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτοῦ ἔρημος καὶ μὴ ἔστω ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν αὐτῇ καί Τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λαβέτω ἕτερος

Hebrew (Masoretic text): תְּהִי טִירָתָם נְשַׁמָּה בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶם אַל יְהִי יֹשֵׁב

Septuagint (Psalms 68:26 in the Septuagint numbering): γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτῶν ἠρημωμένη. καὶ ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασιν αὐτῶν μὴ ἔστω ὁ κατοικῶν·

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 69:25, word by word

Letתְּהִיtehi

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tehi” appears

their encampmentטִירָתָtirata

encampment

A camp where clans and their flocks live in tents.

Where else “tirata” appears

be desolateנְשַׁמָּהneshama

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

Where else “neshama” appears

in their tentsאָהֳלֵיahole

tent

A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.

Where else “ahole” appears

one who dwellsיֹשֵׁבyoshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshev” appears

Translation note

Peter quotes this verse when speaking of Judas (Acts 1:20).

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Quotation · Acts 1:20

Peter applies Psalm 69:25 to Judas in the singular: “his dwelling,” where the Hebrew says “their encampment… their tents.”

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Psalms 69:25

²⁵Let their encampment be desolate; in their tents let there be no one who dwells.

Acts 1:20

²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his dwelling become desolate, and let there be no one living in it’; and, ‘Let another take his office.’

The context

24Pour out upon them your indignation, and let the burning of your anger overtake them.

25 · This verse (above)

26For the one whom you struck they persecute, and of the pain of your wounded they talk.

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