King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Complete Jewish Bible:
if I paid back evil to him who was at peace with me, when I even spared those who opposed me without cause;
Berean Standard Bible:
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
American Standard Version:
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary);
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
If I have rewarded{H1580} evil{H7451} unto him that was at peace{H7999} with me;(yea, I have delivered{H2502} him that without cause{H7387} is mine enemy{H6887}:)
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 55:20
- He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
1 Samuel 24:7
- So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on [his] way.
Genesis 44:4
- [And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
1 Samuel 25:28
- I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee [all] thy days.
1 Samuel 25:29
- Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [as out] of the middle of a sling.
1 Samuel 24:10
- Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and [some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he [is] the LORD'S anointed.
1 Samuel 24:15
- The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
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Commentary for Psalms 7:4
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1580
There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גָּמַל
Transliteration: gâmal
Pronunciation: gaw-mal'
Description: a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean; bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield. - Strong's Number: H7451
There are 623 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רַע
Transliteration: raʻ
Pronunciation: rah
Description: from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.). - Strong's Number: H7999
There are 107 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁלַם
Transliteration: shâlam
Pronunciation: shaw-lam'
Description: a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications); make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely. - Strong's Number: H2502
There are 44 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָלַץ
Transliteration: châlats
Pronunciation: khaw-lats'
Description: a primitive root; to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen; arm (self), (go, ready) armed ([idiom] man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self. - Strong's Number: H7387
There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רֵיקָם
Transliteration: rêyqâm
Pronunciation: ray-kawm'
Description: from רֵיק; emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly; without cause, empty, in vain, void. - Strong's Number: H6887
There are 56 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צָרַר
Transliteration: tsârar
Pronunciation: tsaw-rar'
Description: a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive; adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.