Psalms 35:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.”

What this verse means

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BSBPD

“Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 35:11 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 24:9and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
  2. 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
  3. Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
  4. Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
  5. Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
  6. Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
  7. Acts 24:12Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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