Psalms 120:6
4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
7 I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
- KJV
- My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
- WEB
- My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
- ASV
- My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
- DARBY
- My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.
- BLB
- Too much has dwelt my soul with the one hating peace!
- ÅB
- Lenge nok har min sjel bodd hos dem som hater fred.
- OTB
- Min sjel har bodd for lenge
blant dem som er imot fred. - B1930
- Lenge nok har min sjel bodd hos dem som hater fred.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Read in contextPsalms 57:4
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Read in contextEzekiel 2:6
But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
Read in contextMatthew 10:36
A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
Read in context1 Samuel 20:30–33
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
Read in contextTitus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
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