Psalm 56:5 “All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.”

Psalm 56:5

All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

American Standard Version

All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Geneva Bible 1599

Mine owne wordes grieue me dayly: all their thoughtes are against me to doe me hurt.

Darby Translation

All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Young's Literal Translation

All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,

Bible in Basic English

Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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Cross references

“they”

Matthew 22:15 Luke 11:54 2 Peter 3:16 John 2:19 Matthew 26:61 Isaiah 29:20

Matthew 22:15 · BSB

Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

Luke 11:54 · BSB

waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

2 Peter 3:16 · BSB

He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their ow…

John 2:19 · BSB

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

Matthew 26:61 · BSB

and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

Isaiah 29:20 · BSB

For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

“all”

1 Samuel 18:21 1 Samuel 18:17 Luke 22:3–6 1 Samuel 18:29 Jeremiah 18:18 1 Samuel 20:7

1 Samuel 18:21 · BSB

“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:17 · BSB

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the h…

Luke 22:3–6 · BSB

Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.

1 Samuel 18:29 · BSB

he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

Jeremiah 18:18 · BSB

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his word…

1 Samuel 20:7 · BSB

If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

Also

Psalm 41:7

Psalm 41:7 · BSB

All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

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

In context

4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

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