For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful matters Against the quiet ones in the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
- KJV For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
- BSB For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
- NASB For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
- NLT They don’t talk of peace; they plot against innocent people who mind their own business.
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Quick answer
David's enemies do not seek peace but devise deceitful words against the peaceful in the land.
Overview
David exposes the hostility of his foes, who plot lies against quiet, peace-loving people. Their refusal of peace reveals the depth of their malice. This contrast between peaceable sufferers and deceitful attackers anticipates the way Christ, the Prince of Peace, was opposed by false words.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 26:4They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
- Jer 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn’t know that they had devised devices against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”
- 1 Pet 2:22–23who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
- Ps 31:13For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
- Ps 120:5–7Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
- Acts 23:15Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
- Matt 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
- Dan 6:5Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
- Ps 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Ps 38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
- Ps 140:2–5those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
- Matt 12:19He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
- Ps 64:4–6to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
- Acts 25:3asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.
- Ps 36:3–4The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
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