They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
Parallel translations
- KJV They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- BSB They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
- NKJV They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
- NASB They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And have fought against me without cause.
- NLT They surround me with hateful words and fight against me for no reason.
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- Ps 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
- Ps 35:7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
- Ps 35:20For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
- Ps 88:17They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
- John 15:24–25If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
- Ps 17:11They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
- 1 Sam 26:18He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- Ps 59:3–4For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
- Ps 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
- 1 Sam 19:4–5Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;
- 2 Sam 16:7–8Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow!
- 2 Sam 15:12Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- Hos 11:12Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.
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