All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
Parallel translations
- WEB All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
- KJV All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
- NKJV All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt.
- NASB All who hate me whisper together against me; They plot my harm against me, saying,
- NLT All who hate me whisper about me, imagining the worst.
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Quick answer
All who hate David whisper together and imagine the worst for him. His enemies conspire and assume his ruin.
Overview
The whispering campaign shows coordinated hostility against the afflicted king. They plot his downfall in secret. This pattern of secret scheming against the righteous reaches its climax in the plots against Jesus (Matthew 26:3-4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Prov 16:28A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
- Ps 56:5–6All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
- Matt 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
- Matt 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,
- Ps 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- 2 Cor 12:20For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- Rom 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
- Prov 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
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