Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

King James Version

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

Holman Bible

because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.

International Standard Version

because of the voice of the one who mocks and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger.

A Conservative Version

for the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, because of the enemy and the avenger.

American Standard Version

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

Amplified


Because of the voice of the taunter and reviler,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

Bible in Basic English

Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

Darby Translation

Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.

Julia Smith Translation

From the voice of him reproaching and reviling, from the face of the enemy and avenger.

King James 2000

For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; because of the enemy and avenger.

Lexham Expanded Bible

because of [the] voice of [the] taunter and [the] reviler, because of [the] enemy and [the] avenger.

Modern King James verseion

because of the voice of the slanderer and the blasphemer; before the enemy and avenger.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

for the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer, for the enemy and avenger.

NET Bible

before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.

New Heart English Bible

At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

The Emphasized Bible

At the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.

Webster

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

World English Bible

At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

Youngs Literal Translation

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Israel's Complaint

15 All day long my dishonor is before me
And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,
16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,
And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.


Cross References

Psalm 8:2

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, will the adversary revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?

Psalm 74:18

Remember this, O Lord, that the enemy has reviled,
And a foolish people has spurned Your name.

Psalm 74:22-23

Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause;
Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.

Psalm 79:12

And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

Isaiah 37:3-4

They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and rejection; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver.

Isaiah 37:17

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to reproach the living God.

Isaiah 37:23-24

“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

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