Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. New Living Translation When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. English Standard Version When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Berean Standard Bible When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell. King James Bible When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. New King James Version When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. New American Standard Bible When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. NASB 1995 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. NASB 1977 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Legacy Standard Bible When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Amplified Bible When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Christian Standard Bible When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell. Holman Christian Standard Bible When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh, my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell. American Standard Version When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Aramaic Bible in Plain English When the evil approached me to consume my flesh, my enemies and my haters stumbled together and fell. Brenton Septuagint Translation When evil-doers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell. Contemporary English Version Brutal people may attack and try to kill me, but they will stumble. Fierce enemies may attack, but they will fall. Douay-Rheims Bible Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen. English Revised Version When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. GOD'S WORD® Translation Evildoers closed in on me to tear me to pieces. My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell. Good News Translation When evil people attack me and try to kill me, they stumble and fall. International Standard Version When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall. JPS Tanakh 1917 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Literal Standard Version When evildoers come near to me to eat my flesh, | My adversaries and my enemies to me, | They have stumbled and fallen. Majority Standard Bible When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell. New American Bible When evildoers come at me to devour my flesh, These my enemies and foes themselves stumble and fall. NET Bible When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall. New Revised Standard Version When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh— my adversaries and foes— they shall stumble and fall. New Heart English Bible When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Webster's Bible Translation When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. World English Bible When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Young's Literal Translation When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Salvation1Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread? 2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell. 3Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.… Cross References Psalm 9:3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You. Psalm 14:4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD. Psalm 124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Daniel 3:17 If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king. Daniel 11:19 After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more. Micah 3:3 You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron." Treasury of Scripture When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came on me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. wicked Psalm 3:7 Psalm 18:4 Psalm 22:16 came upon [heb. Psalm 14:4 Psalm 53:4 Job 19:22 they Psalm 18:38-42 Psalm 118:12 Isaiah 8:15 Jump to Previous Advance Adversaries Assail Attack Broken Devour Doers Eat End Enemies Evil Evildoers Evil-Doers Fall Fallen Fell Flesh Foes Haters Slanders Stumble Stumbled Uttering WickedJump to Next Advance Adversaries Assail Attack Broken Devour Doers Eat End Enemies Evil Evildoers Evil-Doers Fall Fallen Fell Flesh Foes Haters Slanders Stumble Stumbled Uttering WickedPsalm 27 1. David sustains his faith by prayer(2) When . . .--Literally, In the coming against me (of) the wicked to devour my flesh--my enemies and my foes to me--themselves stumbled and fell. Job 19:22 would allow us to understand those who eat up flesh, as a figure for calumniators and detractors; but the context marks out the situation so clearly as that of a warrior, that we rather take it as a general metaphor for savage and violent attacks. To me, is an emphatic repetition--my enemies, mine.Verse 2. - When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. A special occasion seems to be intended, so that the LXX. have rightly, ἠσθένησαν καὶ ἔπεσαν. Some unrecorded event in the war with Absalom before the final struggle, is probably alluded to. There is an emphasis on "mine enemies," which implies that the adversaries were not the foes of the country, but David's personal foes. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When the wickedמְרֵעִים֮ (mə·rê·‘îm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad came בִּקְרֹ֤ב (biq·rōḇ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7126: To come near, approach upon me עָלַ֨י ׀ (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against to devour לֶאֱכֹ֪ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 398: To eat my flesh, בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י (bə·śā·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man my enemies צָרַ֣י (ṣā·ray) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent and foes וְאֹיְבַ֣י (wə·’ō·yə·ḇay) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary stumbled כָשְׁל֣וּ (ḵā·šə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall and fell. וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ (wə·nā·p̄ā·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie Links Psalm 27:2 NIVPsalm 27:2 NLT Psalm 27:2 ESV Psalm 27:2 NASB Psalm 27:2 KJV Psalm 27:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 27:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 27:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 27:2 French Bible Psalm 27:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 27:2 When evildoers came at me to eat (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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