An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Parallel translations
- WEB “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
- BSB “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
- NKJV “An evil disease,” they say, “clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
- NASB “A wicked thing is poured out upon him, So that when he lies down, he will not get up again.”
- NLT “He has some fatal disease,” they say. “He will never get out of that bed!”
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Quick answer
His foes declare a deadly disease has fastened on him so he will never recover. They pronounce his case hopeless.
Overview
The enemies gloat that his sickness is fatal and final. Their words aim to seal his doom in others' eyes. Yet the believer's true hope rests not in human verdicts but in the God who raises up (verse 10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
- Matt 27:41–46Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
- Luke 13:16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
- Job 2:7–8So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- Ps 38:3–7There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
- Matt 27:63–64Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
- Ps 3:2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
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