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Psalms 120:7

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

KJV

Dominus custodit te ab omni malo ; custodiat animam tuam Dominus.

Vulgate

Κύριος φυλάξει σε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ, φυλάξαι τὴν ψυχήν σου.

LXX

I amforpeace: But when I speak, they are for war.

ASV

אֲֽנִי שָׁ֭לוֹם וְ/כִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר הֵ֝֗מָּה לַ/מִּלְחָמָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×

Cross-references

  • Eph 2:14 — For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
  • Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • Matt 5:9 — Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
  • Ps 34:14 — Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
  • Ps 35:20 — For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 109:4 — For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
  • Ps 140:2 — Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
  • Rom 12:18 — If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.