Psalms 83:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against you:
American King James Version (AKJV)
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against you:
American Standard Version (ASV)
For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you:
Webster's Revision
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee,
World English Bible
For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
English Revised Version (ERV)
For they have consulted together with one consent; against thee do they make a covenant:
Clarke's Psalms 83:5 Bible Commentary
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.
Barnes's Psalms 83:5 Bible Commentary
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 Luke 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. Genesis 15:10; Jeremiah 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.