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The Song of the Slandered

Psalms 109:5

In 11 translations

BSB
They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
KJV
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
WEB
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
ASV
And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
LSV
And they set against me evil for good, || And hatred for my love.
YLT
And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
DBY
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
DRC108:5
And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.
GNV
And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
JPS
And they have laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love:
LXXE108:5
And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ עָלַ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה וְ֝שִׂנְאָ֗ה תַּ֣חַת אַהֲבָתִֽי׃
LXX-Br108:5
Καὶ ἔθεντο κατʼ ἐμοῦ κακὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν, καὶ μῖσος ἀντὶ τῆς ἀγαπήσεώς μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
  • Psalms 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
  • Psalms 35:7–12For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul. May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created. Then my soul…
  • Genesis 44:4They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
  • Psalms 55:12–15For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. We shared sweet fellowship…
  • 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
  • Mark 14:44–45Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him and lead Him away securely.” Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
  • Luke 6:16Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
  • Luke 22:47–48While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him. But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
  • John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
  • 2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 108:5 in some Bibles
  • 109:5 in most Bibles

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