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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 83:5	Strong Concordance	For they have consulted [03289] together [03162] with one consent [03820]: they are [03772] confederate [01285] against thee:
	King James	For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
they have consulted--with heart, or cordially. together--all alike.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

they have consulted--with heart, or cordially.

together--all alike.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
For they have consulted together with one consent - Margin, as in Hebrew, heart. There is no division in their counsels on this subject. They have one desire - one purpose - in regard to the matter. Pilate and Herod were made friends together against Christ Luk 23:12; and the world, divided and hostile on other matters, has been habitually united in its opposition to Christ and to a pure and spiritual religion. They are confederate against thee - literally, "They cut a covenant against thee;" that is, they ratify such a covenant, compact, league - referring to the manner in which bargains and agreements were ratified by cutting in pieces a victim sacrificed on such occasions; that is, by giving to such a transaction the solemnity of a religious sanction. Gen 15:10; Jer 34:18-19. See Bochart, Hieroz. i. 35. The meaning here is, that they had entered into this agreement in the most solemn manner, under the sanctions of religion.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Instead of לב אחד, Ch1 12:38, it is deliberant corde unâ, inasmuch as יחדּו on the one hand gives intensity to the reciprocal signification of the verb, and on the other lends the adjectival notion to לב. Of the confederate peoples the chronicler (2 Chr. 20) mentions the Moabites, the Ammonites, the inhabitants of Mount Ser, and the Me(unim, instead of which Josephus, Antiq. ix. 1. 2, says: a great body of Arabians. This crowd of peoples comes from the other side of the Dead Sea, מאדם (as it is to be read in Psa 83:2 in the chronicler instead of מארם, cf. on Psa 60:2); the territory of Edom, which is mentioned first by the poet, was therefore the rendezvous. The tents of Edom and of the Ishmaelites are (cf. Arab. ahl, people) the people themselves who live in tents. Moreover, too, the poet ranges the hostile nations according to their geographical position. The seven first named from Edom to Amalek, which still existed at the time of the psalmist (for the final destruction of the Amalekites by the Simeonites, Ch1 4:42., falls at an indeterminate period prior to the Exile), are those out of the regions east and south-east of the Dead Sea. According to Gen 25:18, the Ishmaelites had spread from Higz through the peninsula of Sinai beyond the eastern and southern deserts as far up as the countries under the dominion of Assyria. The Hagarenes dwelt in tents from the Persian Gulf as far as the east of Gilead (Ch1 5:10) towards the Euphrates. גּבל, Arab. jbâl, is the name of the people inhabiting the mountains situated in the south of the Dead Sea, that is to say, the northern Seritish mountains. Both Gebl and also, as it appears, the Amalek intended here according to Gen 36:12 (cf. Josephus, Antiq. ii. 1. 2: Ἀμαληκῖτις, a part of Idumaea), belong to the wide circuit of Edom. Then follow the Philistines and Phoenicians, the two nations of the coast of the Mediterranean, which also appear in Amo 1:1-15 (cf. Joel 3) as making common cause with the Edomites against Israel. Finally Asshur, the nation of the distant north-east, here not as yet appearing as a principal power, but strengthening (vid., concerning זרוע, an arm = assistance, succour, Gesenius, Thesaurus, p. 433b) the sons of Lot, i.e., the Moabites and Ammonites, with whom the enterprise started, and forming a powerful reserve for them. The music bursts forth angrily at the close of this enumeration, and imprecations discharge themselves in the following strophe.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Instead of לב אחד, Ch1 12:38, it is deliberant corde unâ, inasmuch as יחדּו on the one hand gives intensity to the reciprocal signification of the verb, and on the other lends the adjectival notion to לב. Of the confederate peoples the chronicler (2 Chr. 20) mentions the Moabites, the Ammonites, the inhabitants of Mount Ser, and the Me(unim, instead of which Josephus, Antiq. ix. 1. 2, says: a great body of Arabians. This crowd of peoples comes from the other side of the Dead Sea, מאדם (as it is to be read in Psa 83:2 in the chronicler instead of מארם, cf. on Psa 60:2); the territory of Edom, which is mentioned first by the poet, was therefore the rendezvous. The tents of Edom and of the Ishmaelites are (cf. Arab. ahl, people) the people themselves who live in tents. Moreover, too, the poet ranges the hostile nations according to their geographical position. The seven first named from Edom to Amalek, which still existed at the time of the psalmist (for the final destruction of the Amalekites by the Simeonites, Ch1 4:42., falls at an indeterminate period prior to the Exile), are those out of the regions east and south-east of the Dead Sea. According to Gen 25:18, the Ishmaelites had spread from Higz through the peninsula of Sinai beyond the eastern and southern deserts as far up as the countries under the dominion of Assyria. The Hagarenes dwelt in tents from the Persian Gulf as far as the east of Gilead (Ch1 5:10) towards the Euphrates. גּבל, Arab. jbâl, is the name of the people inhabiting the mountains situated in the south of the Dead Sea, that is to say, the northern Seritish mountains. Both Gebl and also, as it appears, the Amalek intended here according to Gen 36:12 (cf. Josephus, Antiq. ii. 1. 2: Ἀμαληκῖτις, a part of Idumaea), belong to the wide circuit of Edom. Then follow the Philistines and Phoenicians, the two nations of the coast of the Mediterranean, which also appear in Amo 1:1-15 (cf. Joel 3) as making common cause with the Edomites against Israel. Finally Asshur, the nation of the distant north-east, here not as yet appearing as a principal power, but strengthening (vid., concerning זרוע, an arm = assistance, succour, Gesenius, Thesaurus, p. 433b) the sons of Lot, i.e., the Moabites and Ammonites, with whom the enterprise started, and forming a powerful reserve for them. The music bursts forth angrily at the close of this enumeration, and imprecations discharge themselves in the following strophe.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
They have consulted together with one consent - With a united heart, לב יחדו leb yachdav, Their heart and soul are in the work. They are confederate against thee - "They have made a covenant," ברית יכריתו berith yachrithu, "they have cut the covenant sacrifice." They have slain an animal, divided him in twain, and passed between the pieces of the victim; and have thus bound themselves to accomplish their purpose.

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¹⁸ And I will give [05414] the men [0582] that have transgressed [05674] my covenant [01285], which have not performed [06965] the words [01697] of the covenant [01285] which they had made [03772] before [06440] me, when they cut [03772] the calf [05695] in twain [08147], and passed [05674] between the parts [01335] thereof,
¹⁹ The princes [08269] of Judah [03063], and the princes [08269] of Jerusalem [03389], the eunuchs [05631], and the priests [03548], and all the people [05971] of the land [0776], which passed [05674] between the parts [01335] of the calf [05695];

¹⁰ And he took [03947] unto him all these, and divided [01334] them in the midst [08432], and laid [05414] each [0376] piece [01335] one against [07125] another [07453]: but the birds [06833] divided [01334] he not.

¹² And [1161] [3739] the same [1722] [846] day [2250] Pilate [4091] and [2532] Herod [2264] were made [1096] friends [5384] together [3326] [5037] [240]: for [1063] before [4391] they were [5607] at [1722] enmity [2189] between [4314] themselves [1438].

¹ The words [01697] of Amos [05986], who was among the herdmen [05349] of Tekoa [08620], which he saw [02372] concerning Israel [03478] in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and in the days [03117] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] king [04428] of Israel [03478], two years [08141] before [06440] the earthquake [07494].
² And he said [0559], The LORD [03068] will roar [07580] from Zion [06726], and utter [05414] his voice [06963] from Jerusalem [03389]; and the habitations [04999] of the shepherds [07462] shall mourn [056], and the top [07218] of Carmel [03760] shall wither [03001].
³ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; For three [07969] transgressions [06588] of Damascus [01834], and for four [0702], I will not turn away [07725] the punishment thereof; because they have threshed [01758] Gilead [01568] with threshing instruments [02742] of iron [01270]:
⁴ But I will send [07971] a fire [0784] into the house [01004] of Hazael [02371], which shall devour [0398] the palaces [0759] of Benhadad [01130].
⁵ I will break [07665] also the bar [01280] of Damascus [01834], and cut off [03772] the inhabitant [03427] from the plain [01237] of Aven [0206], and him that holdeth [08551] the sceptre [07626] from the house [01004] of Eden [05731] [01040]: and the people [05971] of Syria [0758] shall go into captivity [01540] unto Kir [07024], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].
⁶ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; For three [07969] transgressions [06588] of Gaza [05804], and for four [0702], I will not turn away [07725] the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive [01540] the whole [08003] captivity [01546], to deliver them up [05462] to Edom [0123]:
⁷ But I will send [07971] a fire [0784] on the wall [02346] of Gaza [05804], which shall devour [0398] the palaces [0759] thereof:
⁸ And I will cut off [03772] the inhabitant [03427] from Ashdod [0795], and him that holdeth [08551] the sceptre [07626] from Ashkelon [0831], and I will turn [07725] mine hand [03027] against Ekron [06138]: and the remnant [07611] of the Philistines [06430] shall perish [06], saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
⁹ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; For three [07969] transgressions [06588] of Tyrus [06865], and for four [0702], I will not turn away [07725] the punishment thereof; because they delivered up [05462] the whole [08003] captivity [01546] to Edom [0123], and remembered [02142] not the brotherly [0251] covenant [01285]:
¹⁰ But I will send [07971] a fire [0784] on the wall [02346] of Tyrus [06865], which shall devour [0398] the palaces [0759] thereof.
¹¹ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; For three [07969] transgressions [06588] of Edom [0123], and for four [0702], I will not turn away [07725] the punishment thereof; because he did pursue [07291] his brother [0251] with the sword [02719], and did cast off [07843] all pity [07356], and his anger [0639] did tear [02963] perpetually [05703], and he kept [08104] his wrath [05678] for ever [05331]:
¹² But I will send [07971] a fire [0784] upon Teman [08487], which shall devour [0398] the palaces [0759] of Bozrah [01224].
¹³ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; For three [07969] transgressions [06588] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and for four [0702], I will not turn away [07725] the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up [01234] the women with child [02030] of Gilead [01568], that they might enlarge [07337] their border [01366]:
¹⁴ But I will kindle [03341] a fire [0784] in the wall [02346] of Rabbah [07237], and it shall devour [0398] the palaces [0759] thereof, with shouting [08643] in the day [03117] of battle [04421], with a tempest [05591] in the day [03117] of the whirlwind [05492]:
¹⁵ And their king [04428] shall go [01980] into captivity [01473], he and his princes [08269] together [03162], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].

¹² And Timna [08555] was concubine [06370] to Eliphaz [0464] Esau's [06215] son [01121]; and she bare [03205] to Eliphaz [0464] Amalek [06002]: these were the sons [01121] of Adah [05711] Esau's [06215] wife [0802].

¹⁰ And in the days [03117] of Saul [07586] they made [06213] war [04421] with the Hagarites [01905], who fell [05307] by their hand [03027]: and they dwelt [03427] in their tents [0168] throughout [06440] all the east [04217] land of Gilead [01568].

¹⁸ And they dwelt [07931] from Havilah [02341] unto Shur [07793], that is before [06440] Egypt [04714], as thou goest [0935] toward Assyria [0804]: and he died [05307] in the presence [06440] of all his brethren [0251].

⁴² And some of them, even of the sons [01121] of Simeon [08095], five [02568] hundred [03967] men [0582], went [01980] to mount [02022] Seir [08165], having for their captains [07218] Pelatiah [06410], and Neariah [05294], and Rephaiah [07509], and Uzziel [05816], the sons [01121] of Ishi [03469].

² Thou hast made the earth [0776] to tremble [07493]; thou hast broken [06480] it: heal [07495] the breaches [07667] thereof; for it shaketh [04131].

² For, lo, thine enemies [0341] make a tumult [01993]: and they that hate [08130] thee have lifted up [05375] the head [07218].

³⁸ All these men [0582] of war [04421], that could keep [05737] rank [04634], came [0935] with a perfect [08003] heart [03820] to Hebron [02275], to make David [01732] king [04427] over all Israel [03478]: and all the rest [07611] also of Israel [03478] were of one [0259] heart [03824] to make David [01732] king [04427].