Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 Take heed unto me, and hear me, how piteously I mourn and complain. 3 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. 4 My heart is heavy within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7-8
And thus said this Shimei as he cursed, "Come forth, come forth thou blood shedder and thou unthrifty man!
2 Samuel 15:3
then said Absalom unto him, "See, thy matter is good and righteous, and yet no man is deputed of the king to hear thee."
2 Samuel 19:19
and said unto him, "Let not my lord impute wickedness unto me, nor let him not remember the wickedness that thy servant did, when my lord the king departed out of Jerusalem that the king should take it to heart.
Psalm 12:5
"Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor, I will arise," saith the LORD, "and will help them, and set them at rest."
Psalm 17:9
from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.
Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries; for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as imagine mischief.
Psalm 35:11
False witnesses are risen up, and lay to my charge things that I know not.
Psalm 54:3
For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.
Psalm 71:11
saying, "God hath forsaken him. Persecute him, and take him, for there is none to help him."
Psalm 73:8
They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words.
Lamentations 3:34-36
{Lamed} To tread all the prisoners of the earth under his feet.
Matthew 26:59
The chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, for to put him to death,