Psalms 41:7

Psalms 41:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
• New International Version (NIV)All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying,
• English Standard Version (ESV)All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt.

Context of Psalms 41:7

5Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish? 6And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; 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. 8An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

Psalms 41:7 word by word

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Cross-references for Psalms 41:7

• Proverbs 16:28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
• Proverbs 26:20For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
• Romans 1:29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
• 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
• Psalms 31:13For 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.
• Psalms 56:5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
• Matthew 22:15Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk.
• Matthew 26:3Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

Commentaries on Psalms 41:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7All that hate me whisper together against me - This is in consequence of the information given by the hypocritical friend, who came to him with the lying tongue, and whose heart gathereth iniquity to itself, which, when he went abroad, he told to others as illminded as himself, and they also drew their wicked inferences.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7All that hate me whisper together against me - They talk the matter over where they suppose that no one can hear; they endeavonr to collect and arrange all that can be said against me; they place all that they can say or think as individuals, all that they have separately known or suspected, into “common stock,” and make use of it against me. There is a conspiracy against me - a purpose to do me all the evil that they can. This shows that, in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 We complain, and justly, of the want of sincerity, and that there is scarcely any true friendship to be found among men; but the former days were no better. One particularly, in whom David had reposed great confidence, took part with his enemies. And let us not think it strange, if we receive evil from those we suppose to be friends. Have not we ourselves thus broken our words toward God? We eat of his bread daily, yet lift up the heel against…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9The psalmist’s enemies disguise themselves as friends, while his friends openly become his enemies.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. So of others, all act alike.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 41:7

• Accusation, False
• Malice
• Slander
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Consider
• Whisper
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings