Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

They shall break in upon the soul of the just one, and they shall condemn innocent blood.

New American Standard Bible

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.

King James Version

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Holman Bible

They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.

International Standard Version

They gather together against the righteous, condemning the innocent to death.

A Conservative Version

They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.

American Standard Version

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

Amplified


They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.

Bible in Basic English

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Darby Translation

They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

King James 2000

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They band together against [the] life of [the] righteous, and declare [the] blameless guilty of blood.

Modern King James verseion

They gather themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

NET Bible

They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

New Heart English Bible

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

The Emphasized Bible

They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, - And, innocent blood, they condemn.

Webster

They assemble themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

World English Bible

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Youngs Literal Translation

They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

of the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

and condemn
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 34

the innocent
נקיא נקי 
Naqiy 
Usage: 43

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

20 Shall the throne of mischief be joined together with thee forming labor upon the law? 21 They shall break in upon the soul of the just one, and they shall condemn innocent blood. 22 And Jehovah shall be for a height to me, and my God for the rock of my refuge.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:15

He justifying the unjust one and he condemning the just one, is an abomination to Jehovah, also they two.

Exodus 23:7

From the word of falsehood thou shalt go far away; and the innocent and the just one thou shalt not kill: for I will not justify the unjust one.

Psalm 59:3

For behold, they lay in wait for my soul: the strong will gather against me; not my transgression and not my sin, O Jehovah.

Matthew 27:1

And having been morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to kill him:

1 Kings 21:19

And speak to him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Didst thou kill and also possess? And speak to him, saying, said Jehovah, In the place which the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick thy blood, also thine.

Psalm 2:1-3

Wherefore did the nations rage, and the peoples will meditate emptiness?

Psalm 22:16

For dogs surrounded me: the assembly of those being evil moved round about me: they digged my hands and my feet

Psalm 56:6

They will sojourn, they will hide, they will watch my heels as they waited for my soul

Psalm 106:38

And they will pour out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters which they sacrificed to the images of Canaan: and the land will be polluted with bloods.

Proverbs 1:11

If they shall say, Go with us, we will lie in wait for blood, we will hide for the innocent gratuitously;

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet will run to evil, and they will hasten to pour out blood:

Jeremiah 26:15

But knowing, ye shall know that if ye put me to death, that ye give innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city, and to her inhabitants: for in truth Jehovah sent me to you to speak in your ears all these words.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Israel they were a man to his arm to pour out;blood in thee.

Ezekiel 22:12

They took a gift in thee to pour out blood; thou tookest usury and interest, and thou wilt plunder thy neighbors by violence, and thou didst forget me, says the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her chiefs in her midst as wolves rending the prey, to pour out blood, to destroy souls, for the sake of plundering plunder.

Matthew 23:32-36

And fill ye up yourselves the measure of your fathers.

Matthew 27:4

Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see.

Acts 4:5-7

And it was on the morrow, their rulers, and elders, and scribes, were gathered together at Jerusalem,

Acts 4:27-28

For against the truth were they gathered together against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and peoples of Israel,

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did not your fathers drive out and they slew them announcing beforehand of the coming of the Just; of whom ye have now been traitors and murderers:

Acts 7:58-60

And having cast out of the city, they stoned: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.

James 5:6

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just one; and he resists you not.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman intoxicated from the blood of the holy, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus: and wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.

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