Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Consider my enemies, for they are many. And they hate me with cruel hatred.

New American Standard Bible

Look upon my enemies, for they are many,
And they hate me with violent hatred.

King James Version

Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Holman Bible

Consider my enemies; they are numerous,
and they hate me violently.

International Standard Version

Look how many enemies I have gained! They hate me with a vicious hatred.

American Standard Version

Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

Amplified


Look upon my enemies, for they are many;
They hate me with cruel and violent hatred.

Bible in Basic English

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

Darby Translation

Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Julia Smith Translation

See mine enemies, for they were many, and they hated me with the hatred of violence.

King James 2000

Consider my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Consider that my enemies are many, and they hate me [with] violent hatred.

Modern King James verseion

Look on my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Consider mine enemies, how many they are; and they bear a tyrannous hate against me.

NET Bible

Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

New Heart English Bible

Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

The Emphasized Bible

Behold my foes, for they abound, - and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me.

Webster

Consider my enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

World English Bible

Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

Youngs Literal Translation

See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Dependence On The Lord

18 Consider my affliction and my travail, and forgive all my sins. 19 Consider my enemies, for they are many. And they hate me with cruel hatred. 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:11

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? Let him alone, and let him curse, for LORD has bidden him.

2 Samuel 17:2-4

And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid. And all the people who are with him shall flee. And I will only smite the king,

Psalm 3:1-2

LORD, how my adversaries are increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

Psalm 11:5

LORD tries the righteous man, but his soul hates the wicked man and him who loves violence.

Psalm 18:48

He rescues me from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.

Psalm 27:2

When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [even] my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 27:12

Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. For FALSE witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalm 38:19

But my enemies are energetic, [and] are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 56:2

My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 86:14

O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.

Psalm 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou will revive me. Thou will stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand will save me.

Psalm 140:1

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man,

Psalm 140:4

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of a wicked man. Preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

Psalm 140:11

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalm 143:3

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.

Luke 22:2

And the chief priests and the scholars sought how they might kill him, for they feared the people.

Luke 23:5

But they were emphatic, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee as far as here.

Luke 23:21-23

but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.

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