Psalms 120:7

⁵ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

⁶ My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
KJV: I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
WEB: I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
ASV: I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war. Psalm 121 A Song of Ascents.
DARBY: I [am for] peace; but when I speak, *they* [are] for war.
BLB: I [am] peace, and when I speak, they [are] for war.

ÅB: Jeg er bare fred, men når jeg taler, er de ferdige til krig.
[^1]: d.e. fordervende og smertefulle straffer.
[^2]: d.e. iblant mennesker som ligner de stridslystne og rovgjerrige folkeslag Mesek og Kedar.
OTB: Jeg søker fred, men når jeg taler,
søker de strid.
B1930: Jeg er bare fred, men når jeg taler, er de ferdige til krig.

Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
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For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
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Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
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Psalms 35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
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Ephesians 2:14–17
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
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1 Samuel 24:9–11
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
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