Psalms 41:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 71:11 : 11 Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.
  • Matt 27:41-46 : 41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said, 42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him. 43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him. 45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?
  • Matt 27:63-64 : 63 Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead. 64 Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.
  • Luke 13:16 : 16 And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?
  • Job 2:7-8 : 7 And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head. 8 And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
  • Ps 3:2 : 2 Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)
  • Ps 38:3-7 : 3 My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength. 5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour. 6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day. 7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.

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  • Ps 41:5-7
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    5 My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

    6 If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

    7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

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    15 But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

  • Jer 20:10
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    10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

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    11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.

    12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • Job 19:18-19
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    18 Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

    19 All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

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    21 His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...

    22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

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    10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

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    18 With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.

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    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

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    3 Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.

    4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

  • Job 16:8-10
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    8 It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.

    9 I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

    10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

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    7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.

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    19 Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

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    28 Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.

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    21 Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

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    3 The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

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    38 I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

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    26 Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

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    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

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    2 When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

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

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    11 His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

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    15 My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

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    8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.