Parallel Verses

NET Bible

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

New American Standard Bible

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together;
The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,
They slandered me without ceasing.

King James Version

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Holman Bible

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

International Standard Version

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.

A Conservative Version

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not. They tore me, and ceased not.

American Standard Version

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

Amplified


But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];
The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;
They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.

Bible in Basic English

But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

Darby Translation

But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Julia Smith Translation

And in my halting they rejoiced, and they were gathered together: they smiting were gathered together against me, and I knew not; they rent asunder and ceased not:

King James 2000

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Lexham Expanded Bible

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.

Modern King James verseion

But in my stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves; the defamers gathered themselves against me, and I knew not; they tore and were not silent,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: Yea, the very lame came together against me unawares, making mouths at me, and ceased not.

New Heart English Bible

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I did not know it. They tore at me, and did not cease.

The Emphasized Bible

But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together, - There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;

Webster

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and assembled themselves: yes, the abjects assembled themselves against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

World English Bible

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.

Youngs Literal Translation

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

References

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Prayer For Victory

14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother. 15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest. 16 When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.


Cross References

Psalm 7:2

Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

Job 16:9

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

Job 30:1-12

"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

Job 31:29

If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him --

Psalm 22:16

Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

Psalm 35:8

Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

Psalm 35:25-26

Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!"

Psalm 38:17

For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

Psalm 41:8

They say, 'An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.'

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

Psalm 69:12

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

Psalm 71:10-11

For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

Proverbs 17:5

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 24:17-18

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

Matthew 27:27-30

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

Matthew 27:39-44

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

Mark 14:65

Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, "Prophesy!" The guards also took him and beat him.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

1 Corinthians 13:6

It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.

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