Psalms 71:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let them be confounded and consumed who are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    May my accusers perish in shame; may they be covered with scorn and disgrace who seek to harm me.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let them be put to shame{H954} [and] consumed{H3615} that are adversaries{H7853} to my soul;{H5315} Let them be covered{H5844} with reproach{H2781} and dishonor{H3639} that seek{H1245} my hurt.{H7451}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let them be confounded{H954}{H8799)} and consumed{H3615}{H8799)} that are adversaries{H7853}{H8802)} to my soul{H5315}; let them be covered{H5844}{H8799)} with reproach{H2781} and dishonour{H3639} that seek{H1245}{H8764)} my hurt{H7451}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    My mouth shal speake of thy rightuousnesse & sauynge health all the daye loge, for I knowe no ende therof.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Let them be confounded & consumed that are against my soule: let them be couered with reproofe and confusion, that seeke mine hurt.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Let them be confounded, let them be brought to naught that are agaynst my soule: let them be couered with shame and dishonour that seke to do me euyll.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered `with' reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Let them be put to shame `and' consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be confused and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
  • Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
  • Ps 71:24 : 24 My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long; for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, who seek my hurt.
  • Ps 109:29 : 29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak.
  • Ps 132:18 : 18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon Himself His crown shall flourish.
  • Isa 41:11 : 11 Behold, all those who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and those who strive with you shall perish.
  • Jer 20:11 : 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
  • Ps 40:14-15 : 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame who wish me evil. 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.
  • Esth 9:2 : 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who sought their harm: and no one could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
  • Ps 6:10 : 10 Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled: let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 70:1-3
    3 verses
    88%

    1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

    2 Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and put to confusion, who desire my harm.

    3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame who say, Aha, aha.

  • Ps 40:13-15
    3 verses
    86%

    13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

    14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame who wish me evil.

    15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.

  • 4 Let them be confused and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

  • Ps 35:24-26
    3 verses
    83%

    24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

    25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, this is what we wanted; let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

    26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

  • Ps 83:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD.

    17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish:

  • 10 For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • 20 Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

  • 29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak.

  • 18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

  • 10 Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled: let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.

  • 77%

    5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

  • 24 My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long; for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, who seek my hurt.

  • 9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Ps 69:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; deliver me because of my enemies.

    19 You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before you.

  • 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

  • 8 My enemies reproach me all day long; those who are mad against me are sworn against me.

  • 5 My enemies speak evil of me, 'When shall he die, and his name perish?'

  • 2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to devour my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

  • 10 They gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me.

  • 7 Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.

  • 23 Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger.

  • 4 Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

  • 11 I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintances: those who saw me outside fled from me.

  • 9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

  • 7 All who hate me whisper together against me; they devise my harm against me.

  • 12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.

  • 19 Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • 2 My enemies would daily swallow me up, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

  • 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

  • 3 For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have promised, and they shall be like me.

    22 Let all their wickedness come before you; and do unto them, as you have done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • 13 Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:

  • 15 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yes, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me, and did not cease:

  • 3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

  • 12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • 6 Let not those who wait on you, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me; let not those who seek you be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

  • 9 From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

  • 19 Let not my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

  • 13 They mar my path, they advance my calamity, they have no helper.