Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 to me and answer me; I shall flow down and make a noise in my complaint 3 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. 4 My heart will be pained within me, and the terrors of death fell upon me.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7-8
And thus said Shimei in his cursing, Come forth, come forth, thou man of bloods and man of
2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom will say to him, See, thy words good and straight, and none to hear to thee from the king.
2 Samuel 19:19
And he will say to the king, My lord will not reckon iniquity to me, and he will not remember what thy servant did perversely in the day which my lord the king came forth from Jerusalem, for the king to set to his heart
Psalm 12:5
From the oppression of the poor, from the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, Jehovah will say; I will set with salvation, he will puff at him.
Psalm 17:9
From the face of the unjust that laid me waste, enemies against the soul will go round about against me.
Psalm 27:12
Thou wilt not give me to the soul of him pressing me, for witnesses of falsehood rose up against me, and violence will blow.
Psalm 35:11
Witnesses of wrong will rise up; they will ask me what I knew not.
Psalm 54:3
For strangers rose up against me, and the powerful sought out my soul: they set not God before them. Silence.
Psalm 71:11
Saying, God forsook him: pursue him and take him, for none delivering.
Psalm 73:8
They will mock and speak in evil of oppression: they will speak from elevation.
Lamentations 3:34-36
To crush under his feet all the bound of the earth,
Matthew 26:59
And the chief priests, and the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;