Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
They attack, they hide, they watch my {steps}, as they [lie in] wait for 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.
Holman Bible
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.
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.
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 day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil. 6 They attack, they hide, they watch my {steps}, as they [lie in] wait for my life. 7 Because of iniquity will they escape? In anger cast down [the] peoples, O God.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 59:3
For look, they lie in wait for my life. The mighty attack against me, not [because of] my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.
Psalm 71:10
For my enemies talk concerning me, and those who watch for my life conspire together,
Psalm 140:2
who plan evil [things] in [their] heart. They stir up wars continually.
Job 14:16
For then you would count my steps, [but] you would not keep watch over my sin.
Job 31:4
Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?
Psalm 2:1-3
Why are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain?
Psalm 10:8-10
He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless.
Psalm 37:32
[The] wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.
Psalm 57:6
They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
Psalm 64:2-6
Hide me from [the] secret plots of evildoers, from [the] unrest of [those who] do iniquity,
Psalm 89:51
[by] which your enemies taunt, O Yahweh, [by] which they taunt the steps of your anointed one.
Isaiah 54:15
If indeed one attacks, [it is] not from me; whoever attacks you shall fall because of you.
Jeremiah 20:10
For I hear the rumor of many, "Terror [is] from all around, denounce [him], yes, let us denounce him!" {All my close friends} [are] watchers of my stumbling, [saying], "perhaps he can be persuaded, and we can prevail over him, and we can take our revenge on him."
Daniel 6:4
Then the [other] administrators and satraps {began to seek} to find pretext against Daniel {in connection with the kingdom}, but they were not able to find any pretext and {corruption} {because} he was trustworthy, and no negligence or {corruption} {could be found in him}.
Matthew 26:3-4
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,
Matthew 26:57
Now those who had arrested Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.
Matthew 27:1
Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.
Luke 20:20
And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.
Acts 4:5-6
And it happened that on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes came together in Jerusalem,
Acts 23:12-14
And [when it] was day, the Jews made a conspiracy [and] bound themselves under a curse, saying [they would] neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.