many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
Parallel translations
- KJV Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
- BSB many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
- NKJV “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me.
- NASB “Many times they have attacked me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.
- NLT From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.
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Cross-references · 10
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Rev 12:8–9They didn’t prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
- Matt 16:18I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- 2 Cor 4:8–9We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
- Ps 42:1For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
- Ps 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
- Ps 118:13You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
- John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
- Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- Job 5:19He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
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