Psalms 57:6
What does Psalms 57:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 57:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah
KJV
King James Version · 1611They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. [Selah
- Matthew 26:37
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.
- Psalms 42:6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
- Proverbs 28:10
Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.
- Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.
- Psalms 143:4
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
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