Psalms 56:6

In 11 translations

BSB

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

KJV

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

WEB

They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.

ASV

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

LSV

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, || When they have expected my soul.

YLT

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

DBY

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

DRC55:7

They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

GNV

They gather together, and keepe them selues close: they marke my steps, because they waite for my soule.

JPS56:7

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps; according as they have waited for my soul.

LXXE55:7

They will dwell near and hide themselves; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.

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WLC56:7

יָג֤וּרוּ ׀ יצפינו הֵ֭מָּה עֲקֵבַ֣י יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּ כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗ר קִוּ֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃KJV:Ps.56.6Read aloud as (qere): יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּ

LXX-Br55:7

Παροικήσουσι καὶ κατακρύψουσιν αὐτοὶ, τὴν πτέρναν μου φυλάξουσι· καθάπερ ὑπέμεινα τῇ ψυχῇ μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
• Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
• Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
• Luke 20:20So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
• Acts 23:12–14When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. More than forty of them were involved in this plot. They went to the chief priests and…
• Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
• Job 31:4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
• Matthew 26:57Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
• Acts 4:5–6The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem, along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
• Psalms 89:51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
• Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
• Isaiah 54:15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
• 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.
• Daniel 6:4Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
• Psalms 2:1–3Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away…
• Psalms 10:8–10He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his…

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