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Victory over Betrayal

Psalms 41:7

In 11 translations

BSB
All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
KJV
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.my…: Heb. evil to me
WEB
All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
ASV
All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
LSV
All hating me whisper together against me, || Against me they devise evil to me:
YLT
All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
DBY
All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
DRC40:8
All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.
GNV
All they that hate me, whisper together against me: euen against me do they imagine mine hurt.
JPS41:8
All that hate me whisper together against me, against me do they devise my hurt:
LXXE40:8
All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.

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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

WLC41:8
יַ֗חַד עָלַ֣י יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ כָּל־שֹׂנְאָ֑י עָלַ֓י ׀ יַחְשְׁב֖וּ רָעָ֣ה לִֽי׃KJV:Ps.41.7
LXX-Br40:8
ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. Κατʼ ἐμοῦ ἐψιθύριζον πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί μου, κατʼ ἐμοῦ ἐλογίζοντο κακά μοι.

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 16:28A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
  • Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
  • Psalms 56:5–6All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise. They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
  • Matthew 26:3–4At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
  • Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
  • Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
  • Proverbs 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 41:8 in some Bibles
  • 41:7 in most Bibles

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