Psalm 31:13 “For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They co…”

Psalm 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

American Standard Version

For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I haue heard the rayling of great men: feare was on euery side, while they conspired together against mee, and consulted to take my life.

Darby Translation

For I have heard the slander of many — terror on every side — when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

Young's Literal Translation

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

Bible in Basic English

False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

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Cross references

“I have”

Jeremiah 20:10 Psalm 55:10 Psalm 101:5 1 Samuel 22:8–10 1 Samuel 24:9 Luke 23:5

Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our ve…

Psalm 55:10 · BSB

Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

Psalm 101:5 · BSB

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

1 Samuel 22:8–10 · BSB

Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my…

1 Samuel 24:9 · BSB

and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

Luke 23:5 · BSB

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

“fear”

Lamentations 2:22 Psalm 56:1–3 Psalm 57:4 Jeremiah 6:25 Jeremiah 20:3 Jeremiah 20:4

Lamentations 2:22 · BSB

You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.

Psalm 56:1–3 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

Psalm 57:4 · BSB

My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Jeremiah 6:25 · BSB

Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

Jeremiah 20:3 · BSB

The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

Jeremiah 20:4 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he…

“while”

Matthew 27:1 1 Samuel 20:33 2 Samuel 17:1–4 Matthew 26:59 1 Samuel 19:10–17 Jeremiah 11:19

Matthew 27:1 · BSB

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

1 Samuel 20:33 · BSB

Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

2 Samuel 17:1–4 · BSB

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

Matthew 26:59 · BSB

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

1 Samuel 19:10–17 · BSB

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

Jeremiah 11:19 · BSB

For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

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