Psalms 35:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־חִנָּ֣ם טָֽמְנוּ־לִ֭י שַׁ֣חַת רִשְׁתָּ֑ם חִ֝נָּ֗ם חָפְר֥וּ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

Kî-ḥinnām ṭāmənû-lî šaḥat rištām; ḥinnām ḥāpərû lə-napšî.

Grammar Details

*Kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḥinnām*: adverb - without cause/for no reason
*ṭāmənû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural - they hid/concealed
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - for me
*šaḥat*: noun, feminine singular construct - pit of
*rištām*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their net
*ḥāpərû*: perfect, 3rd person common plural - they dug
*lə*: preposition - for
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul

Word Meanings

*ḥinnām*: without cause/gratuitously/for no reason
*ṭāmənû*: hid/concealed/laid secretly
*šaḥat*: pit/trap/destruction
*rištām*: their net/trap
*ḥāpərû*: dug/excavated
*napšî*: soul/life/self/person

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Referenced Verses

Ps 9:15 : 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Job 18:8 : 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
John 15:25 : 25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law , They hated me without a cause.
Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Ps 25:3 : 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Ps 64:4 : 4 That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate{H8802)} me without a cause are more{H8804)} than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy{H8688)} me, being mine enemies{H8802)} wrongfully, are mighty{H8804)}: then I restored{H8686)} that which I took not away{H8804)}.
Ps 119:85 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 57:6
83%
6They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
Ps 35:8
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8Let destruction come upon him at unawares {H8799)}; and let his net that he hath hid{H8804)} catch{H8799)} himself: into that very destruction let him fall{H8799)}.
Jer 18:22
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22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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77%
52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Ps 140:5
77%
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Ps 109:2-3
2 verses
77%
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Ps 56:6
76%
6They gather themselves together{H8799)}, they hide {H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} themselves, they mark{H8799)} my steps, when they wait{H8765)} for my soul.
Ps 59:3
76%
3For, lo, they lie in wait{H8804)} for my soul: the mighty are gathered{H8799)} against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Ps 35:6
76%
6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Prov 1:17-18
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76%
17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Jer 18:20
75%
20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Ps 9:15
75%
15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Ps 141:9-10
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75%
9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Ps 119:85
74%
85The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Ps 71:10
74%
10For mine enemies{H8802)} speak{H8804)} against me; and they that lay wait{H8802)} for my soul take counsel{H8738)} together,
Ps 35:4
74%
4Let them be confounded and put to shame{H8735)} that seek{H8764)} after my soul: let them be turned{H8735)} back and brought to confusion{H8799)} that devise{H8802)} my hurt.
Ps 7:4-5
2 verses
74%
4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Ps 143:3
74%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Ps 55:3
73%
3Because of the voice of the enemy{H8802)}, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast{H8686)} iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate{H8799)} me.
Ps 7:15
73%
15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Ps 38:12
73%
12They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Ps 35:19-20
2 verses
73%
19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice{H8799)} over me: neither let them wink{H8799)} with the eye that hate{H8802)} me without a cause.
20For they speak not peace: but they devise{H8799)} deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
Ps 35:12
73%
12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
Jer 5:26
73%
26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Prov 1:11-12
2 verses
73%
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Ps 31:4
73%
4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Ps 35:25
72%
25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say{H8799)}, We have swallowed him up{H8765)}.
Ps 140:10
72%
10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Ps 11:2
72%
2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Job 18:10
72%
10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Ps 10:9
72%
9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Ps 63:9
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9But those that seek{H8762)} my soul, to destroy it, shall go{H8799)} into the lower parts of the earth.
Ps 69:22
72%
22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Ps 64:4
72%
4That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
Ps 54:3
72%
3For strangers{H8801)} are risen up{H8804)} against me, and oppressors seek{H8765)} after my soul: they have not set{H8804)} God before them. Selah.
Ps 17:11
71%
11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Ps 35:15
71%
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together{H8738)}: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together{H8738)} against me, and I knew{H8804)} it not; they did tear{H8804)} me, and ceased{H8804)} not:
Lam 3:11
71%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Ps 142:3
71%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Ps 70:2
71%
2Let them be ashamed{H8799)} and confounded{H8799)} that seek{H8764)} after my soul: let them be turned{H8735)} backward, and put to confusion{H8735)}, that desire my hurt.
Job 30:13
71%
13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
Ps 17:9
71%
9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Ps 37:14
71%
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent{H8804)} their bow, to cast down{H8687)} the poor and needy, and to slay{H8800)} such as be of upright conversation.