Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, 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.
World English Bible
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, 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 My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book? 9 Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God is for me. 10 In God I praise the word, In Jehovah I praise the word.
Cross References
Romans 8:31
What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us?
Psalm 102:2
Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.
Psalm 118:6
Jehovah is for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.
Exodus 17:9-11
and Moses saith unto Joshua, 'Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.'
Psalm 9:3
In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.
Psalm 18:38-42
I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
Psalm 27:2
When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.
Psalm 46:7
Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalm 46:11
Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.
Psalm 118:11-13
They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.
Isaiah 8:9-10
Be friends, O nations, and be broken, And give ear, all ye far off ones of earth, Gird yourselves, and be broken, Gird yourselves, and be broken.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things -- thou hast not known them.
John 18:6
when, therefore, he said to them -- 'I am he,' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.