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Psalm 55:12

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55:12Indeed,21 it is not an enemy who insults me,

or else I could bear it;

it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me,22

or else I could hide from him.

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Footnotes

  1. 21 Or “for.”
  2. 22 Heb “[who] magnifies against me.” See Pss 35:26; 38:16.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—

then I could bear it;

it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—

then I could hide from him.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If an enemy were insulting me,

I could endure it;

if a foe were rising against me,

I could hide.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now it is not an enemy who insults me—

otherwise I could bear it;

it is not a foe who rises up against me—

otherwise I could hide from him.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

It is not an enemy who taunts me—

I could bear that.

It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me—

I could have hidden from them.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For it is not an enemy that taunts me,

or I could bear it.

It is not one who hates me that magnifies himself over me,

or I could hide myself from him.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it:

Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

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