Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.
New American Standard Bible
And
They have
King James Version
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
International Standard Version
For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude
A Conservative Version
For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul. They have not set God before them. Selah.
American Standard Version
For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. Selah
Amplified
For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
For strangers rose up against me, and the powerful sought out my soul: they set not God before them. Silence.
King James 2000
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah
Modern King James verseion
For strangers have risen up against me, and cruel men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.
NET Bible
For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
For, aliens, have risen up against me, And, men of violence, have sought my life, They have not set God before them. Selah.
Webster
For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
World English Bible
For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 54:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Deliverance
2
listen to the words of my mouth.
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.
the Lord is the sustainer of my life.
Cross References
Psalm 86:14
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.
Psalm 36:1
For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,
Job 19:13-15
my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Psalm 16:8
Because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
Psalm 22:16
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced
Psalm 40:14
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.
Psalm 53:4
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on God.
Psalm 59:3-5
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.
Psalm 69:8
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons
Matthew 27:20-23
The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.
John 16:3