Parallel Verses
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing 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
My mortal enemies are growing stronger. Many hate me for no reason.
20
They
Cross References
Psalm 35:12
I am devastated because they pay me back with evil instead of good.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he murder him? It was because his works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.
1 Samuel 19:4-6
Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. You should not commit a sin against your servant David, he said. He has not sinned against you. He has in fact done some very fine things for you.
1 Samuel 23:5
David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. They drove off their livestock, and overwhelmingly defeated them. So David rescued the people who lived in Keilah.
1 Samuel 23:12
Will the citizens of Keilah hand my men and me over to Saul? David asked. Jehovah answered: They will hand you over.
1 Samuel 25:16
They protected our sheep and us day and night the whole time we were with them.
1 Samuel 25:21
David thought: I guarded this man's possessions in the desert for nothing! Not one of his possessions was missing. Yet, he paid me back with evil when I was good to him.
Psalm 7:4
if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,
Psalm 109:3-5
They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me without reason.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf. I tried to turn away your wrath from them.
Matthew 5:10
Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
John 10:32
Jesus replied to them: I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?
1 Peter 3:13
Who will harm you if you are eager to do good?
1 Peter 3:17-18
It is better to suffer for doing what is right, if suffering is God's will, than to suffer for doing evil (wrong) (sin).
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.