Psalms 38:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

KJV

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

WEB

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

ASV

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

LSV

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, || And those seeking my evil || Have spoken mischievous things, || And they meditate [on] deceits all the day.

YLT

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

DBY

And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

DRC37:13

And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

GNV

They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.

JPS38:13

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak crafty devices, and utter deceits all the day.

LXXE37:13

While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.

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Original-language editions

WLC38:13

וַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ ׀ מְבַקְשֵׁ֬י נַפְשִׁ֗י וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣י רָ֭עָתִי דִּבְּר֣וּ הַוּ֑וֹת וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹת כָּל־הַיּ֥וֹם יֶהְגּֽוּ׃KJV:Ps.38.12

LXX-Br37:13

καὶ ἐξεβιάζοντο οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχήν μου· καὶ οἱ ζητοῦντες τὰ κακά μοι ἐλάλησαν ματαιότητας, καὶ δολιότητας ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐμελέτησαν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Samuel 17:1–3Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with…
• Psalms 35:20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
• Psalms 54:3For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
• 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 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
• Psalms 119:110The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
• Psalms 64:2–5Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly,…
• Luke 20:19–22When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people. So they watched Him closely and sent spies who…
• Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
• 2 Samuel 16:7–8And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered…
• Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
• 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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