Psalms 55:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.”

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BSBPD

“For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear <FI>it<Fi> , He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 55:12 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
  2. Psalms 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
  3. Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
  4. Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
  5. Matthew 26:21And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
  6. John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
  7. John 18:2Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

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