Psalms 83:6

6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

Psalms 83:6 in Other Translations

KJV
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
ESV
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
NLT
6 these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites;
MSG
6 Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
CSB
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

Psalms 83:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 83:6

The tabernacles of Edom,
&c] Or the Idumeans, as the Targum; the posterity of Esau, who, with the rest that joined with them, hereafter mentioned, and made the confederate army, brought their tents with them, pitched them, and encamped in them against Israel:

and the Ishmaelites;
or Arabians, as the Targum, who descended from Ishmael, the son of Abraham:

of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
the Moabites, who sprung from Lot by one of his daughters, in an incestuous way; and the Hagarenes are the same with the Hagarites, ( 1 Chronicles 5:10 1 Chronicles 5:19 1 Chronicles 5:20 ) who dwelt to the east of the land of Israel, so called from Hagar, the handmaid of Abraham, but not by him, but by another husband, after sent away from him, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi think, or by him, supposing Hagar to be the same with Keturah, as some do: the Targum calls them Hungarians; the Syriac version renders it Gadareans, or Gadarenes; of which see ( Mark 5:1 ) .

Psalms 83:6 In-Context

4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
5 With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
8 Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Psalms 137:7; Isaiah 34:5; Jeremiah 49:7; Amos 1:11
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 20:1
  • 3. S Genesis 25:16
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