Psalm 35:11 “Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about…”

Psalm 35:11

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

World English Bible

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

American Standard Version

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

Geneva Bible 1599

Cruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not.

Darby Translation

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

Young's Literal Translation

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

Bible in Basic English

False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

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Cross references

“False witnesses”

Psalm 27:12 1 Samuel 24:9 Acts 6:13 1 Samuel 25:10 Matthew 26:59 Matthew 26:60

Psalm 27:12 · BSB

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

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’?

Acts 6:13 · BSB

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

1 Samuel 25:10 · BSB

But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

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.

Matthew 26:60 · BSB

But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

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

In context

10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

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