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Psalms 120:7

I [am for] peace; but when I speak, *they* [are] for war.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.

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Cross References

Judges 11:14And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon,

1 Samuel 26:2And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

Psalms 34:14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalms 55:20He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.

Matthew 5:9Blessed the peace-makers, for *they* shall be called sons of God.

Ephesians 2:14For *he* is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 120:6-7

Mournful Complaints. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. The psalmist here complains of the bad neighbourhood into which he was driven; and some apply the two foregoing verses to this: "What shall the deceitful tongue give, what shall it do to those that lie open to it? What shall a man get by living among such malicious deceitful men? Nothing but sharp arrows and coals… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

Study Psalms 120:7

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