Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good.
New American Standard Bible
They
King James Version
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Holman Bible
attack me for pursuing good.
International Standard Version
They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.
A Conservative Version
They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
American Standard Version
They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
Amplified
They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,
Because I follow what is good.
Darby Translation
And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.
Julia Smith Translation
And mine enemies living, they were strong: and they hating me with falsehood were multiplied.
King James 2000
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.
Modern King James verseion
And those who give evil for good oppose me, because I follow good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They also that reward evil for good are against me, because I follow the thing that is good.
NET Bible
They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
New Heart English Bible
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
The Emphasized Bible
Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
Webster
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.
World English Bible
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
Youngs Literal Translation
And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
Themes
Evil » Social in the church » In politics
Evil for good » Evil for good, the returning of
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 38:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner
19 And my enemies without cause are numerous, and those who hate me wrongfully are many. 20 And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good. 21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me.
Cross References
Psalm 35:12
They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul.
1 John 3:12
not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And {for what reason} did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the [deeds] of his brother [were] righteous.
1 Samuel 19:4-6
So Jonathan spoke well about David to his father Saul and said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his service for you [has been] very good.
1 Samuel 23:5
So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with [the] Philistines. They drove off their livestock and {dealt them a heavy blow}. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
1 Samuel 23:12
Then David said, "Will the rulers of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And Yahweh said, "They will deliver [you]."
1 Samuel 25:16
They were a wall to us both night and day, all {the days we were} with them keeping the sheep.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, "Surely {in vain} I guarded all that this fellow had in the desert. And nothing was missed of all that [was] his, but he returned evil against me in place of good!
Psalm 7:4
if I have repaid {my ally} [with] harm, or [if] I have plundered my enemy without cause,
Psalm 109:3-5
They also surround me with words of hate, and fight me without cause.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid in place of evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember my standing {before you} to speak good for them, to avert your wrath from them.
Matthew 5:10
Blessed [are] those who are persecuted because of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
John 10:32
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"
1 Peter 3:13
And who [is] the one who will harm you if you are a zealous adherent for what is good?
1 Peter 3:17-18
For [it is] better to suffer for doing good, {if God wills it}, than for doing evil.
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.