Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.
New American Standard Bible
And fought against me
King James Version
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Holman Bible
and attack me without cause.
A Conservative Version
They have also encompassed me about with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
American Standard Version
They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
Amplified
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And have fought against me without a cause.
Bible in Basic English
Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.
Darby Translation
And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.
Julia Smith Translation
And with words of hatred they surrounded me, and they will war with me gratuitously.
King James 2000
They surrounded me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They also surround me with words of hate, and fight me without cause.
Modern King James verseion
And they surrounded me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause.
NET Bible
They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.
New Heart English Bible
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
The Emphasized Bible
And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:
Webster
They encompassed me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
World English Bible
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 109:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Against An Enemy
2 for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. 3 They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason. 4 Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 69:4
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me. Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?
Psalm 35:7
Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.
1 Samuel 19:4-5
Jonathan spoke to his father Saul favorably about David. "The king shouldn't wrong his servant David because he has not wronged you and because what he has done has been very beneficial for you.
1 Samuel 26:18
David replied, "It is my voice, your majesty." David said, "Why is your majesty pursuing his servant? For what have I done, and what evil do I bear toward you?
2 Samuel 15:12
Absalom also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, to come from his home town of Giloh while Absalom was presenting the sacrificial offerings. And so the conspiracy widened, because the common people increasingly sided with Absalom.
2 Samuel 16:7-8
"Get out of here! Get out!" Shimei yelled as he cursed. "You murderer! You who think you're above the law!
Psalm 17:11
Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground.
Psalm 22:12
Many bulls have surrounded me; the vicious bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Psalm 35:20
For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.
Psalm 59:3-4
Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.
Psalm 88:17
Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides.
Hosea 11:12
"Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel surrounds me with deceit, But Judah still rules with God, and remains faithful, along with the godly ones."
John 15:24-25
If I hadn't done among them the actions that no one else did, they wouldn't have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.