Psalms 41:7

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath 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 froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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  • Matthew 26:3–4

    Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

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  • Psalms 56:5–6

    Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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  • Matthew 22:15

    Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

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  • Romans 1:29

    Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

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  • Proverbs 26:20

    Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

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  • Psalms 31:13

    For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

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