Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust.
King James Version
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Holman Bible
may he trample me to the ground
and leave my honor in the dust.
International Standard Version
then, let my enemy pursue me, let him overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground. Interlude Let him put my honor into the dust.
A Conservative Version
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it. Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
American Standard Version
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah
Amplified
Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
The enemy will pursue my soul, and overtake; and he will tread down my life to the earth, and he will cause mine honor to dwell upon the dust Silence.
King James 2000
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
let the enemy of my soul pursue, and overtake and trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah
Modern King James verseion
let the enemy persecute my soul and take it; yea, let him trample down my life on the earth and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me. Yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.
NET Bible
may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Let an enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it, that he may tread down, to the earth, my life, - and, mine honour - in the dust, he may cause to dwell. Selah.
Webster
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
World English Bible
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 7:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Justice
4
if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
5
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 16:15
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and have laid my strength in the dust.
Job 31:5-10
"If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;
Job 31:38-40
"If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,
Job 40:12-13
Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
Psalm 3:2
many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Selah
Psalm 44:5
Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
Psalm 49:12
Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 60:12
With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.
Isaiah 10:6
Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Isaiah 63:3
"I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel.
Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from youshall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Habakkuk 3:13
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
Zechariah 10:5
They shall be like mighty men in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight because the LORD is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.
Malachi 4:3
And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts.