Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
My friends and my neighbors will stand from before my stroke, and my kindred stood from far off.
New American Standard Bible
And those who
And they
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.
International Standard Version
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.
A Conservative Version
Those also who seek after my life lay snares [for me]. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
American Standard Version
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Amplified
Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.
Darby Translation
And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
King James 2000
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and plan deceit all the day long.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.
Modern King James verseion
And those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak sly things, and utter deceits all the day long.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.
NET Bible
Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.
New Heart English Bible
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things - all day long, do they mutter.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
Youngs Literal Translation
And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Conspiring against saints
Character of the wicked » Conspiring against God's people
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 38:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner
11 My heart moved about rapidly, my strength forsook me, and the light of mine eyes also they not with me. 12 My friends and my neighbors will stand from before my stroke, and my kindred stood from far off. 13 And they seeking my soul will lay snares: and they seeking my evil spake mischief, and they will meditate deceits all the day,
Cross References
Psalm 35:20
For they will not speak peace: and against the quiet of the land they will purpose words of deceits.
Psalm 140:5
The proud hid a snare for me, and cords; they spread a net at the hand of the way; they set snares for me. Silence.
2 Samuel 16:7-8
And thus said Shimei in his cursing, Come forth, come forth, thou man of bloods and man of
2 Samuel 17:1-3
And Ahithophel will say to Absalom, I will now choose twelve thousand men. and I will rise and pursue after David this night:
Psalm 10:9
He will lie in wait in secret as the lion in her den: he will lie in wait to catch the poor one: he will catch the poor one in drawing him into his net
Psalm 35:4
They seeking my soul shall be ashamed and disgraced: they shall be drawn back and be ashamed purposing my evil
Psalm 54:3
For strangers rose up against me, and the powerful sought out my soul: they set not God before them. Silence.
Psalm 62:3-4
How long will ye set upon a man? ye will kill all of you: as a wall inclining, a wall thrust down.
Psalm 64:2-5
Thou wilt cover me from the consultation of evil ones; from the crowd of the workers of vanity:
Psalm 119:110
The unjust one gave a snare for me, and I wandered not from thy charges.
Psalm 141:9
Watch me from the hands of the snare they will lay for me, and the snares of those working iniquity.
Luke 20:19-22
And the chief priests and scribes sought to lay hands upon him in the same hour; and they feared the people: for they knew he spake this parable against them.