Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.

King James Version

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Holman Bible

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

International Standard Version

For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago.

A Conservative Version

For the enemy has persecuted my soul. He has smitten my life down to the ground. He has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.

American Standard Version

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

Amplified


For the enemy has persecuted me,
He has crushed my life down to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

Darby Translation

For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

Julia Smith Translation

For the enemy pursued my soul; he crushed to the earth my life; he caused me to dwell in darknesses, as the dead of old.

King James 2000

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For [the] enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places like [those] long dead.

Modern King James verseion

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has beaten my life down to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, as those long dead.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the enemy persecuteth my soul; he smiteth my life down to the ground; he layeth me in the darkness, as the dead men of the world.

NET Bible

Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

New Heart English Bible

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

Webster

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

World English Bible

For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

Youngs Literal Translation

For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Cry For Help

2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. 3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

Cross References

Psalm 88:4-6

I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,

2 Samuel 2:22

And Abner said again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?"

2 Samuel 18:11

Joab said to the man who told him, "What, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt."

Psalm 7:1-2

O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

Psalm 7:5

let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Psalm 17:9-13

from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.

Psalm 31:12-13

I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.

Psalm 35:4

Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!

Psalm 54:3

For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah

Psalm 142:6

Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!

Lamentations 3:6

he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.'

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