Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me.

New American Standard Bible

Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

King James Version

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Holman Bible

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

International Standard Version

False witnesses stepped forward and questioned me concerning things about which I knew nothing.

A Conservative Version

Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.

American Standard Version

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

Amplified


Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

Bible in Basic English

False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

Darby Translation

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

Julia Smith Translation

Witnesses of wrong will rise up; they will ask me what I knew not.

King James 2000

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.

Modern King James verseion

Cruel witnesses rose up; they asked of me that which I never knew.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

False witnesses are risen up, and lay to my charge things that I know not.

New Heart English Bible

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I do not know about.

The Emphasized Bible

There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:

Webster

False witnesses arose; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

World English Bible

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

Youngs Literal Translation

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prayer For Victory

10 With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them." 11 Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me. 12 They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

Cross References

Psalm 27:12

Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, "Why do you pay attention when men say, 'David is seeking to do you harm'?

1 Samuel 25:10

But Nabal responded to David's servants, "Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!

Matthew 26:59-60

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

Acts 6:13

They brought forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

Acts 24:5-6

For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Acts 24:12-13

They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

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