12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.


In Context

9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Psalm 38:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me:] and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:12Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:12And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:12And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.