Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause.
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.
International Standard Version
They surround me with hate-filled words, attacking me for no reason.
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.
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 mouth of the ungodly, yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me, and speak against me with false tongues. 3 They compass me about with words of hatred, and fight against me without a cause. 4 For the love that I had unto them, they take now my contrary part; but I give myself unto prayer.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 69:4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. I paid them the things that I never took.
Psalm 35:7
For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, and made a pit for my soul, which I never deserved.
1 Samuel 19:4-5
And Jonathan spake the best of David unto Saul his father and said unto him, "Let not the king sin against his servant David, for he hath not sinned against thee, and his works are to thee ward very good.
1 Samuel 26:18
And he said thereto, "Wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in mine hand?
2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent also for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, and fetched him out of his city Giloh, when he sacrificed sacrifices. And there was wrought strong treason. And the people drew to Absalom in great multitude.
2 Samuel 16:7-8
And thus said this Shimei as he cursed, "Come forth, come forth thou blood shedder and thou unthrifty man!
Psalm 17:11
They lie waiting in our way on every side, watching to cast us down to the ground,
Psalm 22:12
Many oxen are come about me; fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
Psalm 35:20
And why? Their communing is not for peace, but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
Psalm 59:3-4
For lo, they lie in waiting for my soul; the mighty men are gathered together against me, without any offense or fault of me, O LORD.
Psalm 88:17
They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side.
Hosea 11:12
But Ephraim goeth about me with lies, and the house of Israel dissembleth. Only Judah holdeth him with God, and with the true holy things.
John 15:24-25
If I had not done works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin. But now have they seen, and yet have hated both me and my father: