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King James Version

Psalms 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Enemy;   Net;   Thompson Chain Reference - Snares Laid;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Pit;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Net;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pit;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Net;   Pit;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corruption;   Hunting;   Text of the Old Testament;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.
Christian Standard Bible®
They hid their net for me without cause;they dug a pit for me without cause.
Hebrew Names Version
For without cause have they hid their net in a pit for me. Without cause have they dug a pit for my soul.
Easy-to-Read Version
I did nothing wrong, but they tried to trap me. For no reason at all, they dug a pit to catch me.
Amplified Bible
For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
American Standard Version
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.
Contemporary English Version
I did them no harm, but they hid a net to trap me, and they dug a deep pit to catch and kill me.
Complete Jewish Bible
For unprovoked, they hid their net over a pit; unprovoked, they dug it for me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.
King James Version (1611)
For without cause haue they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they haue digged for my soule.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.
English Revised Version
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.
Berean Standard Bible
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Lexham English Bible
For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug it for my life.
Literal Translation
For they have hidden their pit-net for me without cause; without cause they have dug for my soul.
New Century Version
For no reason they spread out their net to trap me; for no reason they dug a pit for me.
New English Translation
I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
New King James Version
For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, Which they have dug without cause for my life.
New Living Translation
I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me. I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
New Life Bible
For without a reason they hid their net for me. Without a reason, they dug a hole for my soul.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net, - Without cause, have they digged a pit for my life.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(34-7) For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul.
George Lamsa Translation
For they have dug pits for me and have spread a snare for my soul.
Good News Translation
Without any reason they laid a trap for me and dug a deep hole to catch me.
New American Standard Bible
For they hid their net for me without cause; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit [full] of their nettes: without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule.
New Revised Standard
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
Darby Translation
For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For with out cause thei hidden to me the deth of her snare; in veyn thei dispisiden my soule.
Young's Literal Translation
For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.
World English Bible
For without cause have they hid their net in a pit for me. Without cause have they dug a pit for my soul.
Revised Standard Version
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
Update Bible Version
For without cause they have hid for me the pit of their net; Without cause they have dug [it] for my soul.
Webster's Bible Translation
For without cause they have hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
Bible in Basic English
For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause, yee and made a pitte for my soule, which I neuer deserued.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
Legacy Standard Bible
For without cause they hid their net for me;Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

Contextual Overview

1 Plead my cause, O Lord , with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord : it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord , who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

without: Psalms 7:3-5, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 64:4, John 15:25

hid: Psalms 9:15, Psalms 119:85, Psalms 140:5, Job 18:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:24 - and cast Numbers 35:20 - by laying 1 Samuel 24:11 - neither evil 1 Samuel 26:18 - Wherefore Job 5:13 - taketh Psalms 7:15 - made Psalms 17:9 - deadly enemies Psalms 31:4 - Pull Psalms 57:6 - a net Psalms 109:3 - fought Psalms 109:4 - For my Psalms 109:5 - they Psalms 119:78 - without Psalms 119:86 - they Psalms 142:3 - In the way Proverbs 1:11 - let us lurk Proverbs 24:28 - not Jeremiah 18:20 - digged Lamentations 3:52 - without Luke 17:10 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 28:13
And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Genesis 28:22
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Genesis 35:1
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:3
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Genesis 35:4
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Genesis 35:5
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord , and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Ezekiel 48:35
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit,.... This is said in allusion to the custom of digging pits, and putting nets into them, for the catching of wild beasts; and covering them with straw or dust, or such like things, as Jarchi observes, that they might not be discerned; and which intends the secret and crafty methods taken by David's enemies to ensnare him and destroy him; though he had given them no cause to use him in such a manner; which is an aggravation of their sins, and a reason of the above imprecations, as well as of what follows: and in the same manner, and without any just cause, Christ and his members have been treated by wicked men, and therefore their damnation is just, and will be inevitable:

[which] without cause they have digged for my soul; which is added for further explanation's sake, and to aggravate their sin, and to show the justness of their punishment.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit - See Psalms 7:15, note; Psalms 9:15, note. This figure is derived from hunting. The idea is that of digging a pit or hole for a wild beast to fall into, with a net so concealed that the animal could not see it, and that might be suddenly drawn over him so as to secure him. The reference here is to plans that are laid to entrap and ruin others: plots that are concocted so as to secure destruction before one is aware. The psalmist says that, in his case, they had done this without “cause,” or without any sufficient reason. He had done them no wrong; he had given them no show of excuse for their conduct.

Which without cause they have digged for my soul - For my life. That is, they have digged a pit into which I might fall, and into which they designed that I should fall, though I have never done anything to give them occasion thus to seek my destruction.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 35:7. For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit — The word שחת shachath, a pit, belongs to the second member of this verse, and the whole should be read thus: For without a cause they have hidden for me their net, without a cause they have digged a pit for my life. They have used every degree and species of cunning and deceit to ruin me.


 
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