Psalms 94:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:15 : 15 Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 `I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!'
  • Acts 4:5-7 : 5 And it came to pass upon the morrow, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem, 6 and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the chief priest, 7 and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, `In what power, or in what name did ye do this?'
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,
  • Acts 7:58-60 : 58 and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning `him' -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul -- 59 and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;' 60 and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I did wonder -- having seen her -- with great wonder;
  • Ps 106:38 : 38 And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? 2 Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: 3 `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
  • Jer 26:15 : 15 Only, know ye certainly, that if ye are putting me to death, surely innocent blood ye are putting on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly hath Jehovah sent me unto you to speak in your ears all these words.'
  • Ezek 22:6 : 6 Lo, princes of Israel -- each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Its princes in its midst `are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.
  • Matt 23:32-36 : 32 and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers. 33 `Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna? 34 `Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city; 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar: 36 verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

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    10Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.

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    5Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

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    27Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

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    3For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

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    12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

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    14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

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    16Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

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    6ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.

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    23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

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    9Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

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    19Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!

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    7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

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    23For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

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    7Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts `are' thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction `are' in their highways.

  • Job 17:8
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    8Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

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    25`Cursed `is' he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Job 22:19
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    19See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

  • Prov 1:18
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    18And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

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    5For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make,

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    21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

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    2For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

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    3Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

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    16For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

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    6The words of the wicked `are': `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

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    4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

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    15Swift `are' their feet to shed blood.

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    17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

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    17And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

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    5Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

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    22And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God `is' for a rock -- my refuge,

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    18The wicked `is' an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

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    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.