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Psalm 41:6–7

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41:6When someone comes to visit,14 he pretends to be friendly;15

he thinks of ways to defame me,16

and when he leaves he slanders me.17

41:7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another;18

they plan ways to harm me.

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “to see.”
  2. 15 Heb “he speaks deceitfully.”
  3. 16 Heb “his heart gathers sin to itself.”
  4. 17 Heb “he goes outside and speaks.”
  5. 18 Heb “together against me they whisper, all those who hate me.” The Hitpael of לָחַשׁ (lakhash) refers here to whispering to one another (see 2 Sam 12:19).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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:

KJV 1900King James Version

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.