Logos Bible Study

Psalm 41:5–8

Legacy Standard BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

5My enemies aspeak evil against me,

“When will he die, and his name perish?”

6And 1when he comes to see me, he aspeaks 2worthlessness;

His heart gathers wickedness to itself;

When he goes outside, he speaks it.

7All who hate me whisper together against me;

Against me, they adevise for me 1calamity, saying,

8“A vile thing is poured out 1upon him,

That when he lies down, he will anot rise up again.”

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 1Or if he
  2. 2Or emptiness
  3. 1Lit evil
  4. 1Or within

Cross references

  1. aPs 38:12
  2. aPs 12:2; 62:4; Prov 26:24–26
  3. aPs 56:5
  4. aPs 71:10, 11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My enemies say of me in malice,

“When will he die, and his name perish?”

And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,

while his heart gathers iniquity;

when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

All who hate me whisper together about me;

they imagine the worst for me.

They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;

he will not rise again from where he lies.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My enemies say of me in malice,

“When will he die and his name perish?”

When one of them comes to see me,

he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;

then he goes out and spreads it around.

All my enemies whisper together against me;

they imagine the worst for me, saying,

“A vile disease has afflicted him;

he will never get up from the place where he lies.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My enemies speak maliciously about me:

“When will he die and be forgotten?”

When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;

he stores up evil in his heart;

he goes out and talks.

All who hate me whisper together about me;

they plan to harm me.

“Something awful has overwhelmed him,

and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”

NLTNew Living Translation

But my enemies say nothing but evil about me.

“How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.

They visit me as if they were my friends,

but all the while they gather gossip,

and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.

All who hate me whisper about me,

imagining the worst.

“He has some fatal disease,” they say.

“He will never get out of that bed!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My enemies speak evil about me,

“When will he die and his name perish?”

And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsely;

his heart gathers disaster for itself.

He goes out to the street; he speaks.

All who hate me speak together against me.

Against me they assume the worst for me:

“A ruinous thing is poured out on him,

and now that he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

KJV 1900King 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.

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him:

And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.