Parallel Verses
Amplified
For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
New American Standard Bible
Without cause they dug a
King James Version
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Holman Bible
they dug a pit for me without cause.
International Standard Version
Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.
A Conservative Version
For without cause they have hid their net for me [in] a pit. Without cause have they dug [a pit] for my soul.
American Standard Version
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.
Bible in Basic English
For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.
Darby Translation
For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.
Julia Smith Translation
For gratuitously they hid for me the destruction of their net: gratuitously they dug for my soul.
King James 2000
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.
Modern King James verseion
For without cause they have spread their net for me in a pit-net; without cause they have dug for my soul.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
NET Bible
I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
New Heart English Bible
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
The Emphasized Bible
For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net, - Without cause, have they digged a pit for my life.
Webster
For without cause they have hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
World English Bible
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Youngs Literal Translation
For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 35:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Victory
6
Let their way be dark and slippery,
With the angel of the Lord pursuing and harassing them.
For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 18:8
“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),
And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].
Psalm 9:15
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Psalm 140:5
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
Psalm 7:3-5
O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,
Psalm 25:3
Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed;
Those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed).
Psalm 64:4
To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];
Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.
Psalm 69:4
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;
I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
Psalm 119:85
The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.
John 15:25