Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
New American Standard Bible
Because of the
For they
And in anger they
King James Version
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Holman Bible
because of the pressure
For they bring down disaster on me
and harass me in anger.
International Standard Version
because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me.
A Conservative Version
because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
American Standard Version
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
Amplified
Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble on me,
And in anger they persecute me.
Bible in Basic English
I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
Julia Smith Translation
From the voice of the enemy, from the face of the oppression of the unjust one: for they will bring down vanity upon me, for in anger they will lie in wait for me.
King James 2000
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
because of [the] voice [of] an enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked, because they bring down evil on me, and in anger they hold a grudge [against] me.
Modern King James verseion
from the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked, for they shake trouble over me, and in wrath they hate me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me.
NET Bible
because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
New Heart English Bible
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
The Emphasized Bible
Because of the noise of the enemy, By reason of the oppression of the lawless one, For they would let trouble drop upon me, And, in anger, would they entrap me.
Webster
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
World English Bible
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 55:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Betrayal By A Friend
2 Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud, 3 Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me. 4 My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7-8
And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial!
2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man to hear thee appointed by the king.
2 Samuel 19:19
And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.
Psalm 12:5
Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff.
Psalm 17:9
From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.
Psalm 35:11
Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
Psalm 54:3
For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalm 71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.
Psalm 73:8
They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
Lamentations 3:34-36
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
Matthew 26:59
And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.