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10 For I hear many whispering:
    “Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
    All my close friends
    are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
    and we can prevail against him
    and take our revenge on him.”(A)

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10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror(A) on every side!
    Denounce(B) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(C)
    are waiting for me to slip,(D) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail(E) over him
    and take our revenge(F) on him.”

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Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
    who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.(A)

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Even my close friend,(A)
    someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
    has turned[a] against me.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 41:9 Hebrew has lifted up his heel

13 For I hear the whispering of many—
    terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.(A)

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13 For I hear many whispering,(A)
    “Terror on every side!”(B)
They conspire against me(C)
    and plot to take my life.(D)

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21 those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit,
    who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate
    and undermine justice for the one in the right.(A)

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21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
    who ensnare the defender in court(A)
    and with false testimony(B) deprive the innocent of justice.(C)

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A Plot against Jeremiah

18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him,[a] and let us not heed any of his words.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18.18 Heb strike him with the tongue

18 They said, “Come, let’s make plans(A) against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest(B) will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise,(C) nor the word from the prophets.(D) So come, let’s attack him with our tongues(E) and pay no attention to anything he says.”

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13 Neither can they prove to you the charge that they now bring against me.(A)

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13 And they cannot prove to you the charges they are now making against me.(A)

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In you are those who slander to shed blood, those in you who eat upon the mountains, who commit lewdness in your midst.(A)

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In you are slanderers(A) who are bent on shedding blood;(B) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines(C) and commit lewd acts.(D)

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25 Do not go out into the field
    or walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
    terror is on every side.”(A)

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25 Do not go out to the fields
    or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
    and there is terror on every side.(A)

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18 Lying lips conceal hatred,
    and whoever utters slander is a fool.

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18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips(A)
    and spreads slander is a fool.

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Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the scheming of evildoers,(A)
who whet their tongues like swords,
    who aim bitter words like arrows,(B)
shooting from ambush at the blameless;
    they shoot suddenly and without fear.(C)

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Hide me from the conspiracy(A) of the wicked,(B)
    from the plots of evildoers.
They sharpen their tongues like swords(C)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(D)
They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(E)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.(F)

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13 But it is you, my equal,
    my companion, my familiar friend,(A)
14 with whom I kept pleasant company;
    we walked in the house of God with the throng.(B)

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13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(A)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship(B)
    at the house of God,(C)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

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11 Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”(A) 12 They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13 They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law,(B) 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth[a] will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us.”(C) 15 And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.14 Gk the Nazorean

11 Then they secretly(A) persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”(B)

12 So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.(C) 13 They produced false witnesses,(D) who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place(E) and against the law. 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place(F) and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”(G)

15 All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin(H) looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

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The Question about Paying Tribute

20 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.

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Paying Taxes to Caesar(A)

20 Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said,(B) so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.(C)

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