Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.
New American Standard Bible
They
As they have
King James Version
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
International Standard Version
They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.
A Conservative Version
They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.
American Standard Version
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Amplified
They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
Bible in Basic English
They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
Darby Translation
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
Julia Smith Translation
They will sojourn, they will hide, they will watch my heels as they waited for my soul
King James 2000
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They attack, they hide, they watch my {steps}, as they [lie in] wait for my life.
Modern King James verseion
They stir up strife; they hide themselves; they watch my steps as they wait for my soul.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They hold all together, and keep themselves close, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.
NET Bible
They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
New Heart English Bible
They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
The Emphasized Bible
They stir up strife - they lie hid, They, mark my steps, - Seeing they have waited for my life.
Webster
They assemble themselves, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
World English Bible
They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
Youngs Literal Translation
They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 56:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For God's Protection
5
all their thoughts against me are evil.
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.
God, bring down the nations in wrath.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 59:3
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.
Psalm 71:10
and those who spy on me plot together,
Psalm 140:2
They stir up wars all day long.
Job 14:16
but would not take note
Job 31:4
and number all my steps?
Psalm 2:1-3
Why
and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalm 10:8-10
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
Psalm 37:32
and seeks to kill him;
Psalm 57:6
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!
Psalm 64:2-6
from the mob of evildoers,
Psalm 89:51
how they have ridiculed every step of Your anointed.
Isaiah 54:15
it is not from Me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.
Jeremiah 20:10
“Terror is on every side!
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”
Daniel 6:4
The administrators and satraps, therefore, kept trying to find a charge against Daniel
Matthew 26:3-4
Then the chief priests
Matthew 26:57
Those
Matthew 27:1
When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
Luke 20:20
They
Acts 4:5-6
The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem
Acts 23:12-14
When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse: neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.