Psalms 94:21

King James Version

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
They band themselves together against the life of the righteousAnd condemn the innocent to death.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous: and condemne the innocent blood.

Darby Translation
They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

New King James Version
They gather together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.

Literal Translation
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the blood of the innocent.

Easy-to-Read Version
They attack those who do right. They say innocent people are guilty and put them to death.

World English Bible
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

King James Version (1611)
They gather themselues together against the soule of the righteous: and condemne the innocent blood.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous, & condemne the innocent bloude.

Amplified Bible
They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.

American Standard Version
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

Bible in Basic English
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Update Bible Version
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

Webster's Bible Translation
They assemble themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

New English Translation
They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

Contemporary English Version
who gang up to murder innocent victims.

Complete Jewish Bible
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.

George Lamsa Translation
They lay snares to trap the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Hebrew Names Version
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

New Living Translation
They gang up against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

New Life Bible
They join together against the life of those who are right and good. They send those who are not guilty to their death.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

English Revised Version
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Berean Standard Bible
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

New Revised Standard
They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, - And, innocent blood, they condemn.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(93-21) They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.

Lexham English Bible
They band together against the life of the righteous, and declare the blameless guilty of blood.

English Standard Version
They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

New American Standard Bible
They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.

New Century Version
They join forces against people who do right and sentence to death the innocent.

Good News Translation
who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.

Christian Standard Bible®
They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei schulen take ayens the soule of a iust man; and thei schulen condempne innocent blood.

Young's Literal Translation
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

Revised Standard Version
They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.

Contextual Overview

¹² Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord , and teachest him out of thy law; ¹³ That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. ¹⁴ For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. ¹⁵ But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? ¹⁷ Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. ¹⁸ When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord , held me up. ¹⁹ In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. ²⁰ Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? ²¹ They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gather: Psalms 2:1-3, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 59:3, Proverbs 1:11, Proverbs 1:16, Matthew 27:1, Acts 4:5-7, Acts 4:27, Acts 4:28

condemn: Exodus 23:7, 1 Kings 21:19, Proverbs 17:15, Jeremiah 26:15, Ezekiel 22:6, Ezekiel 22:12, Ezekiel 22:27, Matthew 23:32-36, Acts 7:52, Acts 7:58-60, James 5:6, Revelation 17:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:18 - conspired Genesis 49:6 - come Deuteronomy 19:10 - General Deuteronomy 24:17 - pervert Job 16:10 - gathered Psalms 56:7 - escape Psalms 140:8 - Grant not Ecclesiastes 3:16 - General Isaiah 5:23 - take Isaiah 10:1 - them Jeremiah 22:3 - neither Ezekiel 33:26 - and shall Daniel 6:15 - Know Amos 6:12 - for Habakkuk 1:4 - for Matthew 12:7 - condemned Matthew 26:3 - assembled Matthew 26:59 - sought John 7:24 - General John 8:15 - judge John 19:13 - and sat Acts 26:12 - with Ephesians 5:11 - no

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They gather themselves together,.... As "in troops" h, as the word signifies; in great armies; so the antichristian kings and states will, at the instigation of Popish emissaries; see

Revelation 16:17,

against the soul of the righteous; or "the life" of them; in order to take away their lives; to cut them off, root and branch, and destroy at once the whole interest of Christ; for it will be to make war with him, and them his followers, who are the righteous here meant, made so by his righteousness, that they will be gathered together in such great numbers:

and condemn the innocent blood; condemn innocent persons to death, shed their blood, and drink it, and to such a degree as to be drunk with it; for in them will be found the blood of the prophets and saints, and of all that are slain on earth, Revelation 17:6.

h יגודו "turmatim conveniunt", Vatablus, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous - Against the life of the righteous; that is, to take their lives. The Hebrew word rendered “gather together,” means to press or crowd upon anyone; to rush in crowds or troops. It would refer particularly to a tumultuous gathering - “a mob” - intent on accomplishing its purpose.

And condemn the innocent blood - literally, make guilty; that is, they hold that blood to be guilty; or, they treat the innocent as if they were guilty.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 94:21. They gather themselves together — In every thing that is evil, they are in unity. The devil, his angels, and his children, all join and draw together when they have for their object the destruction of the works of the Lord. But this was particularly the case with respect to the poor Jews among the Babylonians: they were objects of their continual hatred, and they laboured for their destruction.

This and the following verses have been applied to our Lord, and the treatment he met with both from his own countrymen and from the Romans. They pretended to "judge him according to the law, and framed mischief against him;" they "assembled together against the life of the righteous one," and "condemned innocent blood;" but God evidently interposed, and "brought upon them their own iniquity," according to their horrible imprecation: "His blood be upon us and upon our children!" God "cut them off in their own iniquity." All this had, in reference to him, a most literal fulfilment.