Psalms 38:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

KJV

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

WEB

They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

ASV

They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

LSV

And those paying evil for good accuse me, || Because of my pursuing good.

YLT

And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

DBY

And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.

DRC37:21

They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.

GNV

They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I follow goodnesse.

JPS38:21

They also that repay evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

LXXE37:21

They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness.

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Original-language editions

WLC38:21

וּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה יִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִי תַּ֣חַת רדופי־טֽוֹב׃KJV:Ps.38.20Read aloud as (qere): רָֽדְפִי

LXX-Br37:21

Οἱ ἀνταποδιδόντες κακὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν, ἐνδιέβαλλόν με, ἐπεὶ κατεδίωκον δικαιοσύνην.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
• Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
• 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
• John 10:32But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
• 1 Peter 4:14–16If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. But if you…
• Psalms 109:3–5They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
• 1 Samuel 25:21Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
• 1 Peter 3:17–18For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the…
• Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
• 1 Samuel 23:5Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
• 1 Peter 3:13Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
• Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• 1 Samuel 23:12So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 19:4–6Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you. He took…
• 1 Samuel 25:16They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

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