20They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.


In Context

17 O Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my life from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among throngs of people I will praise you.

19 Let not those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; let not those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.

20 They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.

21 They gape at me and say, "Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it."

22 O Lord , you have seen this; be not silent. Do not be far from me, O Lord.

Psalms 35:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:20For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:20For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:20For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:20For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.