Psalms 41:7
5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
8 “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
- KJV
- All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
- WEB
- All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
- ASV
- All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
- DARBY
- All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
- BLB
- All those hating me, they whisper together against me; against me they devise evil to me:
- ÅB
- Alle som hater meg, hvisker sammen mot meg;
de tenker ut ondt mot meg: - OTB
- Alle som forakter meg hvisker sammen mot meg;
De planlegger skade mot meg og sier, - B1930
- Alle de som hater mig, hvisker sammen imot mig; de optenker imot mig det som er mig til skade:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Read in contextMatthew 26:3–4
At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Read in contextPsalms 56:5–6
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
Read in contextMatthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
Read in contextRomans 1:29
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Read in contextProverbs 26:20
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Read in contextPsalms 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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