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Contend with My Opponents, O LORD

Psalms 35:7

In 11 translations

BSB
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
KJV
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
WEB
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
ASV
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.
LSV
For without cause they hid their net [in] a pit for me, || Without cause they dug for my soul.
YLT
For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.
DBY
For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.
DRC34:7
For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul.
GNV
For without cause they haue hid the pit and their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.
JPS
For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.
LXXE34:7
For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.

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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
כִּֽי־חִנָּ֣ם טָֽמְנוּ־לִ֭י שַׁ֣חַת רִשְׁתָּ֑ם חִ֝נָּ֗ם חָפְר֥וּ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃
LXX-Br34:7
Ὅτι δωρεὰν ἔκρυψάν μοι διαφθορὰν παγίδος αὐτῶν, μάτην ὠνείδισαν τὴν ψυχήν 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

  • John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
  • Psalms 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
  • Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
  • Job 18:8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
  • Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
  • Psalms 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
  • Psalms 7:3–5O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the…
  • Psalms 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
  • Psalms 64:4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

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  • 34:7 in some Bibles
  • 35:7 in most Bibles

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