Psalms 55:10

In 11 translations

BSB

Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

KJV

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

WEB

Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

ASV

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

LSV

By day and by night they go around it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,

YLT

By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,

DBY

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

DRC54:11

Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

GNV

Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.

JPS55:11

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

LXXE54:11

Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness are in the midst of it;Or, it, sc. iniquity.

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Original-language editions

WLC55:11

יוֹמָ֤ם וָלַ֗יְלָה יְסוֹבְבֻ֥הָ עַל־חוֹמֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאָ֖וֶן וְעָמָ֣ל בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃KJV:Ps.55.10

LXX-Br54:11

Ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς κυκλώσει αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς, ἀνομία καὶ πόνος ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 59:14–15They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city. They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
• John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
• Isaiah 59:6–15Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed…
• Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
• Psalms 59:6They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
• Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
• 2 Samuel 16:21–22Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be…
• Micah 2:1–2Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of…
• 1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
• Hosea 7:6For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
• 2 Samuel 17:1–2Furthermore, 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…
• Zephaniah 3:1–3Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are…
• John 18:3So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

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