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Psalms 44:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— You sell Your people cheaply, And have not profited by their sale.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thou sellest thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase by their price.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Thou sellest Thy people—without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thou sellest thy people for nought, and doest not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Thou hast sold thy people as a bargain, and dost not profit by their exchange.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Thou hast sold thy people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Thou sellest 4376
{4376} Prime
מָכַר
makar
{maw-kar'}
A primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
thy people 5971
{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
for nought, 1952
{1952} Prime
הוֹן
hown
{hone}
From the same as H1951 in the sense of H0202; wealth; by implication enough.
x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
and dost not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
increase 7235
{7235} Prime
רָבָה
rabah
{raw-baw'}
A primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect).
z8765
<8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2121
[thy wealth] by their price. 4242
{4242} Prime
מְחִיר
m@chiyr
{mekk-eer'}
From an unused root meaning to buy; price, payment, wages.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 44:9-16.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 44:12

Thou sellest thy people (l) for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.

(l) As slaves who are sold for a low price, you do not look for him who offers the most, but take the first offer.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
sellest:

Deuteronomy 32:30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Isaiah 52:3-4 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. ... For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Jeremiah 15:13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and [that] for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

for nought:
Heb. without riches

increase:

Nehemiah 5:8-12 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [to answer]. ... Then said they, We will restore [them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Revelation 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 32:30. Ne 5:8. Is 50:1; 52:3. Jr 15:13. Rv 18:13.

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