Psalms 56:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.”

Psalms 56:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 56:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 56:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.”

Psalms 56:5 — World English Bible

Psalms 56:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.”

Psalms 56:5 — American Standard Version

Psalms 56:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts <FI>are<Fi> for evil,”

Psalms 56:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 56:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.”

Psalms 56:5 — Darby Translation

Psalms 56:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Mine owne wordes grieue me dayly: all their thoughtes are against me to doe me hurt.”

Psalms 56:5 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 56:5 in Context — Psalms 56

3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

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What Does Psalms 56:5 Mean?

Psalms 56:5 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 56. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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