Psalms 35:20
“For they speake not peace: but they deuise deceitfull matters against them that are quiet in the land.”
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Psalms 35:20 Context
18I will giue thee thankes in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully, reioyce ouer me: neither let them winke with the eye, that hate me without a cause. 20For they speake not peace: but they deuise deceitfull matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21Yea they opened their mouth wide against me, and saide, Aha, Aha, our eye hath seene it. 22This thou hast seene (O Lord) keepe not silence: O Lord be not farre from me.
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Other Translations for Psalms 35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
- King James Version
For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
- Basic English Bible
For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.
- Darby Bible
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
- Webster's Bible
For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
- World English Bible
For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,
- Youngs Literal Bible
For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 35:20
35:20 For - They breathe out nothing but threatenings and war; they use not open violence but subtile artifices, against me and my followers, who desire nothing more than to live quietly and peaceably.