Psalms 27:2

In 11 translations

BSB

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

KJV

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.came…: Heb. approached against me

WEB

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

ASV

When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

LSV

When evildoers come near to me to eat my flesh, || My adversaries and my enemies to me, || They have stumbled and fallen.

YLT

When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

DBY

When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

DRC26:2

Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.

GNV

When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon mee to eate vp my flesh; they stumbled and fell.

JPS

When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

LXXE26:2

When evil-doers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell.

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WLC

בִּקְרֹ֤ב עָלַ֨י ׀ מְרֵעִים֮ לֶאֱכֹ֪ל אֶת־בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י צָרַ֣י וְאֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י הֵ֖מָּה כָשְׁל֣וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃

LXX-Br26:2

Ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ κακοῦντας, τοῦ φαγεῖν τὰς σάρκας μου, οἱ θλίβοντες με καὶ οἱ ἐχθροί μου, αὐτοὶ ἠσθένησαν καὶ ἔπεσαν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 118:12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
• Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
• Psalms 9:3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
• Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
• Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
• Isaiah 8:15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
• Job 19:22Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
• Psalms 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
• Psalms 18:38–42I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet. You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those…
• Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
• John 18:3–6So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward…
• Job 31:31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
• Psalms 62:3–4How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence? They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless,…

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