12For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.


In Context

9 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

10 Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

11 and injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

12 For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.

13 But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,

14 Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.

Psalm 55:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:12For [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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

55:12If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

55:12For 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:12For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me then would I have hidden myself from him;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

55:12For 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that magnified himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:12For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

55:12For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:12For 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: