Psalms 26:9
What does Psalms 26:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 26:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 25:32
and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;
- Matthew 25:44
Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
- Psalms 28:1
Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
- 1 Samuel 25:29
And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
- 2 Samuel 21:1
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.
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