Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
An evil disease,'say they , cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
New American Standard Bible
That when he lies down, he will
King James Version
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Holman Bible
and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”
International Standard Version
They say, "Wickedness is entrenched in him. Once he is brought low, he will not rise again."
A Conservative Version
An evil disease, [they say], clings firm to him. And now that he lays he shall rise up no more.
Amplified
“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
Bible in Basic English
They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.
Darby Translation
A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
Julia Smith Translation
A word of Belial will press upon him: and when he lay down, he will not add to rise up.
King James 2000
An evil disease, say they, clings close unto him: and now that he lies down he shall rise up no more.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"A ruinous thing is poured out on him, and [now] that he lies down, he will not rise up again."
Modern King James verseion
They say, A wicked thing is poured out on him, and he who lies down shall rise no more.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They have given a wicked sentence upon me, "When he lieth, he shall rise up no more."
NET Bible
They say, 'An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.'
New Heart English Bible
"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."
The Emphasized Bible
An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise.
Webster
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast to him: and now that he lieth he shall rise no more.
World English Bible
"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."
Youngs Literal Translation
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 41:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Victory In Spite Of Betrayal
7 All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt. 8 An evil disease,'say they , cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.
Cross References
Psalm 71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.
Job 2:7-8
So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Psalm 3:2
Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah
Psalm 38:3-7
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
Matthew 27:41-46
In like manner also the chief priests mocking him , with the scribes and elders, said,
Matthew 27:63-64
saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.
Luke 13:16
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?