Psalms 118:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 88:17 : 17 They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
Ps 22:12-16 : 12 Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
1 Sam 23:26 : 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
1 Chr 19:10 : 10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 118:10
93%
10All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Ps 118:12-13
2 verses
92%
12They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Ps 88:17
77%
17They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
Ps 17:9
77%
9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
Ps 109:3
76%
3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
Ps 18:37-40
4 verses
75%
37I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
38I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
2 Sam 22:38-41
4 verses
74%
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
39And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Ps 118:6-7
2 verses
74%
6Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?
7Jehovah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
Ps 140:9
74%
9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps 17:11
73%
11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
Job 30:12-14
3 verses
73%
12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.
14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
Jer 20:11
72%
11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
Job 19:12
72%
12His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.
Ps 139:20-22
3 verses
72%
20For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
Jer 17:18
72%
18Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Zech 10:12
72%
12And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
Ps 18:17-18
2 verses
72%
17He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; For they were too mighty for me.
18They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Job 16:10
72%
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
2 Sam 22:5
71%
5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Ps 44:5
71%
5Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Ps 22:12
71%
12Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
2 Sam 22:18-19
2 verses
71%
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
19They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Ps 22:16
71%
16For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
Ps 18:4
71%
4The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Lam 3:66
71%
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
Job 16:13
71%
13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Ps 18:42
71%
42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Ps 5:11
71%
11But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Ps 56:5
71%
5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Ps 3:6
71%
6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people That have set themselves against me round about.
Jer 1:19
70%
19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
Ps 3:1
70%
1A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
Ps 57:6
70%
6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}
Ps 27:2
70%
2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Ps 59:3
70%
3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
Ps 129:2
70%
2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.