Psalms 38:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.”

Psalms 38:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 38:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 38:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.”

Psalms 38:12 — World English Bible

Psalms 38:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long. ”

Psalms 38:12 — American Standard Version

Psalms 38:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.”

Psalms 38:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 38:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“ And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long. ”

Psalms 38:12 — Darby Translation

Psalms 38:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.”

Psalms 38:12 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 38:12 in Context — Psalms 38

10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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What Does Psalms 38:12 Mean?

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