Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.

King James Version

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

Holman Bible

They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.

International Standard Version

They paid me back evil for good; my soul mourns.

A Conservative Version

They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereaving of my soul.

American Standard Version

They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.

Amplified


They repay me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.

Bible in Basic English

They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

Darby Translation

They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

Julia Smith Translation

They will requite me evil instead of good, bereaving to my soul

King James 2000

They rewarded me evil for good to the sorrow of my soul.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul.

Modern King James verseion

They rewarded me evil for good; bereaving my soul.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They reward me evil for good, to the great discomfort of my soul.

NET Bible

They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

New Heart English Bible

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

The Emphasized Bible

They repay me evil for good, Bereaving my soul.

Webster

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

World English Bible

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

Youngs Literal Translation

They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prayer For Victory

11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
12 They repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.


Cross References

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”

Psalm 38:20

And those who repay evil for good,
They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil?
For they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
So as to turn away Your wrath from them.

1 Samuel 19:4-5

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to you.

1 Samuel 19:15

Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death.”

1 Samuel 20:31-33

For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Therefore now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die.”

1 Samuel 22:13-14

Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?”

Psalm 109:3-5

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me without cause.

Proverbs 17:13

He who returns evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.

Luke 23:21-23

but they kept on calling out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!”

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