Parallel Verses

Amplified


Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes],
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

New American Standard Bible

Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

King James Version

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Holman Bible

Lord, confuse and confound their speech,
for I see violence and strife in the city;

International Standard Version

Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city.

A Conservative Version

Destroy, O LORD, divide their tongue, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

American Standard Version

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Bible in Basic English

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

Darby Translation

Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Julia Smith Translation

Swallow up, O Jehovah, divide their tongue: for I saw violence and strife in the city.

King James 2000

Destroy, O Lord, and confuse their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.

Modern King James verseion

Swallow up, O Jehovah, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and fighting in the city.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Destroy their tongues, O LORD, and divide them; for I see unrighteousness and strife in the city.

NET Bible

Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

New Heart English Bible

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

The Emphasized Bible

Confuse, O My Lord, divide their speech, For I have seen violence and contention in the city;

Webster

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

World English Bible

Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Youngs Literal Translation

Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Betrayal By A Friend

8
“I would hurry to my refuge [my tranquil shelter far away]
From the stormy wind and from the tempest.”
9 
Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes],
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10
Day and night they go around her walls;
Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.


Cross References

Jeremiah 6:7


“As a fountain springs up and pours out its fresh waters,
So she [continually] pours out her fresh wickedness.
Violence and destruction are heard inside her [walls];
Sickness and wounds are always before Me.

Genesis 11:7-9

Come, let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) go down and there confuse and mix up their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

2 Samuel 15:31

David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 17:1-14

Then, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.

Jeremiah 23:14


“Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become like Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Matthew 23:37-38

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

John 7:45-53

Then the guards went [back] to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring Him [here with you]?”

Acts 23:6-10

But recognizing that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began affirming loudly in the Council chamber, “Kinsmen, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!”

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