King James Version
psalm 41:7 in the King James Version says “All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. my: Heb. evil to me” — study this verse from psalm chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. my: Heb. evil to me”
psalm 41:7 · King James Version
Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. my: Heb. evil to me
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. An: Heb. A thing of Belial
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. mine: Heb. the man of my peace lifted: Heb. magnified
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