Psalm 38:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.

New Living Translation
They repay me evil for good and oppose me for pursuing good.

English Standard Version
Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.

Berean Study Bible
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

New American Standard Bible
And those who repay evil for good, They become my enemies, because I follow what is good.

NASB 1995
And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

NASB 1977
And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

Amplified Bible
They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me, Because I follow what is good.

Christian Standard Bible
Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good.

Contemporary English Version
and they repay evil for good because I try to do right.

Good News Translation
Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.

International Standard Version
They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

NET Bible
They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

New King James Version
Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

King James 2000 Bible
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.

New Heart English Bible
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

World English Bible
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

American King James Version
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

American Standard Version
They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

A Faithful Version
And those who render evil for good oppose me because I follow what is good.

Darby Bible Translation
And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.

English Revised Version
They also that render evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

Webster's Bible Translation
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I followe goodnesse.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me: because I folowe the thyng that is good.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They that rewarde me euell for good, speake euell of me, because I folowe the thinge that good is.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And those paying evil for good accuse me, "" Because of my pursuing good.

Young's Literal Translation
And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

Smith's Literal Translation
And mine enemies living, they were strong: and they hating me with falsehood were multiplied.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
They have paid me evil for good and have regarded me with malice because I have sought good.

Lamsa Bible
They reward me evil for good; they reproach me because I seek after good things.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
They also that repay evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness.
















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