KJV King James Version
An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
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Psalm 41:8
An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
WEB World English Bible
“An evil disease,” they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
ASV American Standard Version
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
Surrounding context — Psalm 41
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
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Matthew 27:41-46Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,Luke 13:16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?Psalm 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].Psalm 3:2Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.Matthew 27:63-64Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.Job 2:7-8So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.Psalm 38:3-7[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.
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