Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause, - Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause, - What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.
New American Standard Bible
Those who would
King James Version
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Holman Bible
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.
Though I did not steal, I must repay.
International Standard Version
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me. Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?
A Conservative Version
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.
American Standard Version
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
Amplified
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;
I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
Bible in Basic English
Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.
Darby Translation
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Julia Smith Translation
Those hating me were many above the hairs of my head: mine enemies destroying me by falsehood were strong: then I will turn back what I plucked not away.
King James 2000
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore.
Modern King James verseion
They who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they who would destroy me are mighty, my lying enemies. Then I restored what I did not take away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. I paid them the things that I never took.
NET Bible
Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!
New Heart English Bible
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I did not take away.
Webster
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
World English Bible
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
Youngs Literal Translation
Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.
Themes
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
Hatred to Christ » Is without cause
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
3 I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat, - Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God. 4 More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause, - Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause, - What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore. 5 O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 35:19
Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!
John 15:25
But -- that the word which, in their law, is written, might be fulfilled - They hated me without cause.
Psalm 40:12
For there have closed in upon me, misfortunes beyond number, Mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see, They have become more than the hairs of my head, And, my courage, hath forsaken me!
Isaiah 53:4-7
Yet surely, our sicknesses, he, carried, And, as for our pains, he bare the burden of them, - But, we, accounted him stricken. Smitten of God and humbled,
Psalm 7:3-5
O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:
Psalm 35:11-12
There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:
Psalm 38:19-20
And, my foes, are alive - have become strong, - and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
Psalm 59:3
For lo! they have lain in wait for my life, Mighty ones stir up strife against me, Without transgression of mine, and without sin of mine, O Yahweh;
Psalm 109:3-5
And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:
2 Corinthians 5:21
Him who knew not sin, in our behalf, he made to be, sin, that we might become God's righteousness in him.
1 Peter 2:22
Who did not, a sin, commit, neither was deceit found in his mouth, -
1 Peter 2:24
Who, our sins, himself, bare up, in his body, unto the tree, in order that we, from our sins getting away, in righteousness, might live, - by whose stripes, ye have been healed;
1 Peter 3:18
Because, Christ also, once for all, concerning sins, died, - Just in behalf of unjust, - in order that he might introduce us unto God; being put to death, indeed, in flesh, but made alive in spirit, -