Psalm 38:12
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They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
In other translations
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Hebrew words
וַיְנַקְשׁוּ׀vaynakshuand they set trapsH5367מְבַקְשֵׁיmevakshei[those who] seekH1245נַפְשִׁיnafshi<of> life myH5315וְדֹרְשֵׁיvedoresheiand [those who] seekH1875רָעָתִיra'ati<of> harm myH7451דִּבְּרוּdiberuthey have spokenH1696הַוּוֹתhavotdestruction<s>H1942וּמִרְמוֹתumirmotand deceit<s>H4820כָּל־kol-allH3605הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117יֶהְגּוּ׃yehguthey deviseH1897
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 35:20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
- 2 Samuel 17:1-31 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.1 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. 2 I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king 3 and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
- Psalm 140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- Psalm 54:3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
- Psalm 35:4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- Psalm 141:9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- 2 Samuel 16:7-87 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 8 The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.7 And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed! 8 The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
- Psalm 64:2-52 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?2 Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, 3 who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, 4 ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. 5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
- Luke 20:19-2219 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no?19 When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people. 20 So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor. 21 “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
- Psalm 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
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