Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
Parallel translations
- KJV Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
- BSB Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
- NKJV Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
- NASB ¶Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the injustice of those who betray me surrounds me,
- NLT Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me?
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- Acts 27:24saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
- Prov 24:10If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
- Phil 1:28and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
- Rom 8:33–34Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
- Gen 49:17Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
- Amos 5:13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
- Ps 27:1–2By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Ps 38:4For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
- Ps 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Ps 22:16For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
- Hos 7:2They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.
- Isa 41:10–11Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Prov 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
- Ps 56:6–7They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
- Ps 46:1–2For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- 1 Sam 26:20Now therefore, don’t let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
- Eph 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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