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Psalms 31:13

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

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ASV

For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

KJV

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי׀sha.Ma'.tiI have heardH8085 →
דִּבַּ֥תdi.Bat[the] slander ofH1681 →
רַבִּים֮ra.Bimmany [people]H7227 →
מָג֪וֹרma.GorterrorH4032 →
מִסָּ֫בִ֥יבmi.Sa.Viv[is] from around aboutH5439 →
בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣םbe.hi.va.se.Damwhen they seated themselvesH3245 →
יַ֣חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162 →
עָלַ֑י'a.Laion meH5921 →
לָקַ֖חַתla.Ka.chatto takeH3947 →
נַפְשִׁ֣יnaf.Shilife myH5315 →
זָמָֽמוּ׃za.Ma.muthey plottedH2161 →

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Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.Lamentations 2:22You summoned my attackers on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.Psalms 37:12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,1 Samuel 20:33Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.Jeremiah 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.Matthew 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,2 Samuel 17:1–4Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.Genesis 32:7In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.Psalms 35:20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.1 Samuel 24:9and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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