Psalms 94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
KJV
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
ASV
יָ֭גוֹדּוּ עַל נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְ/דָ֖ם נָקִ֣י יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ
Hebrew
They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
YLT
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙
ytgddv
verb · 7×
נִי
ny
verb · 36×
נָקִ֔י
nqy
adjective · 42×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 21:19 — And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the
- Acts 7:58 — And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
- Eccl 3:16 — And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
- Exod 23:7 — Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- Ezek 22:12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
- Ezek 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
- Isa 5:23 — Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- Jas 5:6 — Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
- Job 16:10 — They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
- Matt 12:7 — But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
- Matt 27:1 — When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- Matt 27:4 — Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
- Prov 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
- Prov 17:15 — He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
- Ps 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Ps 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- Ps 59:3 — For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
- Rev 17:6 — And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.