Psalms 31:13

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Complete Jewish Bible:

All I hear is whispering, terror is all around me; they plot together against me, scheming to take my life.

Berean Standard Bible:

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

American Standard Version:

For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

For I have heard{H8085} the slander{H1681} of many{H7227}: fear{H4032} was on every side{H5439}: while they took counsel{H3245} together{H3162} against me, they devised{H2161} to take away{H3947} my life{H5315}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Jeremiah 20:10

  • For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Matthew 27:1

  • ¶ When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Lamentations 2:22

  • Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

1 Samuel 20:33

  • And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

2 Samuel 17:1

  • ¶ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

2 Samuel 17:4

  • And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Matthew 26:3

  • Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

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Commentary for Psalms 31:13

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H8085
    There are 1072 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁמַע
    Transliteration: shâmaʻ
    Pronunciation: shaw-mah'
    Description: a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
  2. Strong's Number: H1681
    There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דִּבָּה
    Transliteration: dibbâh
    Pronunciation: dib-baw'
    Description: from דָּבַב (in the sense of furtive motion); slander; defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.
  3. Strong's Number: H7227
    There are 439 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רַב
    Transliteration: rab
    Pronunciation: rab
    Description: by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
  4. Strong's Number: H4032
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָגוֹר
    Transliteration: mâgôwr
    Pronunciation: maw-gore'
    Description: or (Lamentations 2:22) מָגוּר; from גּוּר in the sense of fearing; a fright (objective or subjective); fear, terror. Compare מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב.
  5. Strong's Number: H5439
    There are 282 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סָבִיב
    Transliteration: çâbîyb
    Pronunciation: saw-beeb'
    Description: or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from סָבַב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
  6. Strong's Number: H3245
    There are 41 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָסַד
    Transliteration: yâçad
    Pronunciation: yaw-sad'
    Description: a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult; appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
  7. Strong's Number: H3162
    There are 139 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יַחַד
    Transliteration: yachad
    Pronunciation: yakh'-ad
    Description: from יָחַד; properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly; alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.
  8. Strong's Number: H2161
    There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: זָמַם
    Transliteration: zâmam
    Pronunciation: zaw-mam'
    Description: a primitive root; to plan, usually in a bad sense; consider, devise, imagine, plot, purpose, think (evil).
  9. Strong's Number: H3947
    There are 909 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לָקַח
    Transliteration: lâqach
    Pronunciation: law-kakh'
    Description: a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
  10. Strong's Number: H5315
    There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
    Transliteration: nephesh
    Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
    Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.