Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.

New American Standard Bible

All day long they distort my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

King James Version

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Holman Bible

They twist my words all day long;
all their thoughts against me are evil.

A Conservative Version

All the day long they wrest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

American Standard Version

All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Amplified


All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Bible in Basic English

Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Darby Translation

All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Julia Smith Translation

All the day they will grieve my words: against me all their purposes for evil

King James 2000

Every day they twist my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Lexham Expanded Bible

All day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

Modern King James verseion

All day long they pervert my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They vex me daily in my words: all that they imagine is to do me evil.

NET Bible

All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

New Heart English Bible

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

The Emphasized Bible

All the day, they wrest, my words, Against me, all their devices are for mischief;

Webster

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

World English Bible

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Youngs Literal Translation

All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts are for evil,

References

Context Readings

A Call For God's Protection

4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me. 5 All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes. 6 They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.


Cross References

2 Peter 3:16

He speaks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, leading to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.

1 Samuel 18:17

Saul told David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I'll give her to you as a wife. Just be an excellent soldier for me and fight the LORD's battles." Now Saul told himself, "I won't harm him myself. Instead, I'll let the Philistines harm him."

1 Samuel 18:21

Saul told himself, "I'll give her to him and she can be a snare to him and the Philistines will harm him." So Saul told David, "For a second time you can be my son-in-law today."

1 Samuel 18:29

Then Saul was even more afraid of David, and Saul was David's enemy from that time on.

1 Samuel 20:7

If he says, "Good,' then your servant will be safe. But if he actually gets angry, you will know that his intentions are evil.

1 Samuel 20:33

Then Saul threw the spear that was beside him to strike Jonathan down. So Jonathan realized that his father was determined to kill David.

Psalm 41:7

As for all who hate me, they whisper together against me; they desire to do me harm.

Isaiah 29:20-21

For the ruthless will vanish, and mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, "Come, let's make up a plot against Jeremiah. After all, the priest's instruction, the wise man's counsel, and the prophet's message won't be destroyed. So let's verbally attack him. Pay no attention to anything he says!"

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and planned how to trap Jesus in conversation.

Matthew 26:61

and stated, "This man said, "I can destroy the sanctuary of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

Luke 11:54

They watched him closely in an effort to trap him in something he might say.

Luke 22:3-6

But Satan went into Judas called Iscariot, who belonged to the circle of the Twelve.

John 2:19

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it."

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