For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Parallel translations
- KJV For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- BSB For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- NKJV For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, Which they have dug without cause for my life.
- NASB For they hid their net for me without cause; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
- NLT I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me. I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
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Cross-references · 9
- John 15:25But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
- Ps 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
- Ps 9:15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
- Job 18:8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
- Ps 25:3Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
- 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 7:3–5Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
- Ps 119:85The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
- Ps 64:4to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
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