Psalms 31:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I am forgotten like someone dead and gone; I have become like a broken vessel.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take my life.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For I have heard{H8085} the defaming{H1681} of many,{H7227} Terror{H4032} on every side:{H5439} While they took counsel{H3245} together{H3162} against me, they devised{H2161} to take away{H3947} my life.{H5315}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} the slander{H1681} of many{H7227}: fear{H4032} was on every side{H5439}: while they took counsel{H3245}{(H8736)} together{H3162} against me, they devised{H2161}{(H8804)} to take away{H3947}{(H8800)} my life{H5315}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I am become a very reprofe amonge all myne enemies, my neghbours & they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed of me: they yt se me in the strete, coveye them selues fro me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For I haue hearde the villanie of the multitude, and feare was on euery side me: whyle they conspired together against me, and toke their counsell to take away my life.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 20:10 : 10 I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.
  • Lam 2:22 : 22 You summoned, as if to a feast day, terrors on every side. On the day of the LORD’s anger, no one escaped or survived. Those I cared for and raised, my enemy has destroyed.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, 'Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.' 2 I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and I will frighten him. All the people with him will flee, and I will strike down only the king. 3 I will bring back all the people to you, as though everyone returns to the man you seek. Then all the people will be at peace. 4 This plan seemed good in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
  • Ps 55:10 : 10 Confuse, O Lord, and divide their speech, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
  • Ps 56:1-3 : 1 For the director, according to 'The Silent Dove of Distant Places.' A Miktam of David, when the Philistines captured him in Gath. 2 Be gracious to me, O God, for mankind pursues me; all day long an attacker oppresses me! 3 My enemies pursue me all day long; many are attacking me proudly.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoever secretly slanders their neighbor, I will silence. Whoever has proud eyes and an arrogant heart, I cannot endure.
  • Jer 6:25 : 25 Do not go out into the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword; there is terror on every side.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not realize they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will never be remembered again.’
  • Jer 20:3-4 : 3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but rather Terror on Every Side. 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies while you watch, and I will hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, who will take them captive to Babylon or kill them by the sword.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 And they plotted together to arrest Jesus by deceit and kill Him.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus so that they might put Him to death.
  • 1 Sam 19:10-17 : 10 Saul attempted to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear struck the wall. David fled and escaped that night. 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, 'If you don’t escape tonight, you will be killed in the morning.' 12 So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled and escaped. 13 Michal then took a household idol, placed it in the bed, put a quilt made of goat's hair at its head, and covered it with a garment. 14 When Saul sent messengers to capture David, Michal said, 'He is sick.' 15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, 'Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him.' 16 When the messengers arrived, they found the household idol in the bed, with a quilt of goat's hair at its head. 17 Saul said to Michal, 'Why have you deceived me like this? You let my enemy go, and he has escaped.' Michal answered Saul, 'He said to me,
  • 1 Sam 20:33 : 33 But Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
  • 1 Sam 22:8-9 : 8 'You have all conspired against me! No one reveals to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you feels sorry for me or tells me that my son has stirred up my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.' 9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's servants, answered, 'I saw the son of Jesse come to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub.' 10 Ahimelech inquired of the Lord for him, gave him provisions, and also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
  • 1 Sam 23:19-20 : 19 The Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, 'Isn't David hiding among us in the strongholds in the woods, on the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon?' 20 Now, O king, come down whenever you desire, and it will be our duty to surrender him into your hand.
  • 1 Sam 24:9 : 9 David got up afterward, went out of the cave, and called after Saul, 'My lord the king!' When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage.
  • Luke 23:1-2 : 1 Then the entire assembly arose and brought Him to Pilate. 2 They began to accuse Him, saying, 'We found this man misleading our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and claiming to be Christ, a King.'
  • Luke 23:5 : 5 But they insisted, 'He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning in Galilee and coming all the way here.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Jer 20:10-11
    2 verses
    83%

    10 I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'

    11 But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly disgraced, their dishonor will never be forgotten.

  • Ps 31:10-12
    3 verses
    80%

    10 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

    11 My life is consumed with grief and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasting away.

    12 I am a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more to my neighbors—a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me on the street flee from me.

  • 10 For my enemies have spoken against me; those who watch my life conspire together.

  • 7 When one of them comes to visit, he speaks falsely, his heart gathers wickedness, and when he goes out, he tells it to others.

  • Ps 31:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 For I hear the slander of many; terror surrounds me as they conspire together against me and plot to take my life.

    15 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, 'You are my God.'

  • 12 My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.

  • Ps 55:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.

    4 From the voice of the enemy, and from the oppression of the wicked—for they bring down trouble on me and in their anger they hate me.

  • 15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing.

  • 19 I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not realize they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will never be remembered again.’

  • 10 They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

  • 5 I said, 'O LORD, have mercy on me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.'

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

    6 All day long they twist my words; all their plans are against me for evil.

  • 4 Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death.

  • 16 For I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.

  • 3 Deliver me from evildoers, and save me from those who thirst for blood.

  • 19 Look at my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with violent hatred.

  • Lam 3:61-62
    2 verses
    75%

    61 You have heard their insults, O LORD, all their plots against me.

    62 The lips of my adversaries and their murmuring are against me all day long.

  • Ps 109:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

    3 They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.

  • 13 Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.

    23 But You, Lord, know all their plans to kill me. Do not forgive their wrongdoing, do not blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them collapse before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

  • 22 Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown his wondrous love to me in a fortified city.

  • 21 People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.

  • 3 My enemies pursue me all day long; many are attacking me proudly.

  • 32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • 73%

    1 A psalm of David, composed when he fled from his son Absalom.

  • 12 Do not hand me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

  • 34 because I so feared the crowd and the contempt of clans terrified me that I kept silent and would not go outside—

  • 25 For the thing I dread comes upon me, and what I fear befalls me.

  • 9 Protect me from the wicked who attack me, from my life’s enemies who surround me.

  • 5 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps.

  • 29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • 11 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

  • Ps 64:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 For the director of music, a psalm of David.

    2 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; protect my life from the fear of the enemy.

  • 11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • 3 God, save me by Your name, and vindicate me by Your power.

  • 12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

  • 14 O God, arrogant people have risen against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set You before them.

  • 9 Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I seek refuge in you.

  • 8 I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.

  • 13 They tear up my path; they help advance my ruin, even though no one comes to assist them.