Psalms 27:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsPsalms 27:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
בִּקְרֹ֤ב
qârab
H7126
to approach
עָלַ֨י
ʻal
H5921
upon
מְרֵעִים֮
râʻaʻ
H7489
to do evil
לֶאֱכֹ֪ל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י
bâsâr
H1320
flesh
צָרַ֣י
tsar
H6862
distress
וְאֹיְבַ֣י
ʼôyêb
H341
enemy
לִ֑י
הֵ֖מָּה
hêm
H1992
they
כָשְׁל֣וּ
kâshal
H3782
to stumble
וְנָפָֽלוּ
nâphal
H5307
to fall
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
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King James Version Public Domain
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
When the ones doing evil advance against me to devour my flesh, my enemies and the ones being hostile to me, they stumbled and fell.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).