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In My Distress I Cried to the LORD

Psalms 120:7

In 11 translations

BSB
I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
KJV
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.for peace: or, a man of peace
WEB
I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
ASV
I am for peace: But when I speak, they are for war.
LSV
I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!
YLT
I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!
DBY
I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.
DRC119:7
With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.
GNV
I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.
JPS
I am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
LXXE119:7
I was peaceable among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֲֽנִי־שָׁ֭לוֹם וְכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר הֵ֝֗מָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
LXX-Br119:7
Ἤμην εἰρηνικός· ὅταν ἐλάλουν αὐτοῖς, ἐπολέμουν με δωρεάν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
  • Psalms 109:4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
  • Psalms 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
  • Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  • Psalms 35:20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
  • Romans 12:18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
  • Ephesians 2:14–17For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of…
  • Psalms 55:20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
  • 2 Samuel 20:19I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
  • 1 Samuel 26:2–4So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there. Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in…
  • 1 Samuel 24:9–11and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’? Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to…

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

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