Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
New American Standard Bible
This I know,
King James Version
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
Holman Bible
This I know: God is for me.
International Standard Version
My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.
A Conservative Version
Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me.
American Standard Version
Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.
Amplified
Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
This I know, that God is for me.
Bible in Basic English
When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
Darby Translation
Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.
Julia Smith Translation
Then will mine enemies turn back in the day I shall call: this I knew, that God is for me.
King James 2000
When I cry unto you, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then my enemies will turn back {when} I call. This I know because God [is] for me.
Modern King James verseion
When I cry, then my enemies will be turned back. This I know, for God is with me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight; whereby I know that thou art my God.
NET Bible
My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side.
New Heart English Bible
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
The Emphasized Bible
Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine!
Webster
When I cry to thee, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God is for me.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 56:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For God's Protection
8 You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book? 9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me. 10 In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
Cross References
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Psalm 102:2
Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
Psalm 118:6
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Exodus 17:9-11
Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
Psalm 9:3
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
Psalm 18:38-42
I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
Psalm 27:2
When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 46:7
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalm 46:11
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Psalm 118:11-13
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.
Isaiah 8:9-10
Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.
John 18:6
When therefore he said to them, "I am he," they went backward, and fell to the ground.