Hear My Righteous Plea
Psalms 17:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
- KJV
- They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
- WEB
- They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
- ASV
- They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
- LSV
- “Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land.
- YLT
- 'Our steps now have compassed [him];' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.
- DBY
- They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.
- DRC16:11
- They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
- GNV
- They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:
- JPS
- At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
- LXXE16:11
- They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.
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- Written (Ketiv): סְבָבוּנִי (“they have surrounded me”). Read aloud (Qere): סְבָב֑וּנוּ (“they have surrounded us”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads סְבָב֑וּניּ; read aloud (Qere) reads סְבָב֑וּנוּ (“they have surrounded us”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַ֭שֻּׁרֵינוּ עַתָּ֣ה סבבוני עֵינֵיהֶ֥ם יָ֝שִׁ֗יתוּ לִנְט֥וֹת בָּאָֽרֶץ׃Read aloud as (qere): סְבָב֑וּנוּ
- LXX-Br16:11
- Ἐκβαλόντες με νυνὶ περιεκύκλωσάν με, τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτὼν ἔθεντο ἐκκλῖναι ἐν τῇ γῇ.
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 6:13–14winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers. With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
- Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- Psalms 10:8–10He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his…
- 1 Samuel 23:26Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
- Psalms 88:17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
- 1 Samuel 24:2–3So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats. Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and…
- 1 Samuel 26:2–3So 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…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 16:11 in some Bibles
- 17:11 in most Bibles