Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who speak evil against my soul.

King James Version

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Holman Bible

Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.

International Standard Version

May this be the way the LORD repays my accuser, those who speak evil against me.

A Conservative Version

This is the reward of my adversaries from LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

American Standard Version

This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

Amplified


Let this be the reward of my attackers from the Lord,
And of those who speak evil against my life.

Bible in Basic English

Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

Darby Translation

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Julia Smith Translation

This the doing of those lying in wait for me from Jehovah, and speaking evil against my soul.

King James 2000

Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let this [be] the punishment for my accusers from Yahweh, even those who speak evil against my life.

Modern King James verseion

This is the reward of my foes from Jehovah, and of them who speak evil against my soul.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let it thus happen from the LORD unto mine enemies, and to those that speak evil against my soul.

NET Bible

May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

New Heart English Bible

This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.

The Emphasized Bible

This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.

Webster

Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

World English Bible

This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

Youngs Literal Translation

This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prayer Against An Enemy

19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covers him and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who speak evil against my soul.
21 And thou, O GOD the Lord, do unto me for thy name's sake; because thy mercy is good, deliver me.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order and hanged himself and died and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

2 Samuel 18:32

And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom at peace? And Cushi answered, Let the enemies of my lord the king and all that rise against thee for evil, be as that young man.

1 Kings 2:44

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart knoweth well that thou didst to David my father; therefore, the LORD has turned thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Psalm 2:5-6

Then he shall speak unto them in his wrath and trouble them in his sore displeasure.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled in a little while. Blessed are all those that put their trust in him.

Psalm 21:8-12

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Psalm 40:14-15

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my life to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Psalm 71:10

For my enemies speak against me, and those that lay in wait for my soul take counsel together,

Psalm 94:23

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Psalm 110:1

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Psalm 110:5-6

The Lord at thy right hand shall smite the kings in the day of his wrath.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out demons but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.

Matthew 26:66-67

What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

Mark 9:39

But Jesus said, Forbid him not, for there is no one who does a miracle in my name that can then speak evil of me.

Luke 19:27

Moreover, those enemies of mine, who were unwilling that I should reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

1 Corinthians 12:3

Therefore I give you to understand, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus anathema and that no one can call Jesus Lord but by the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and have persecuted us, and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,

2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

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