Psalms 35:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
American King James Version (AKJV)
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
American Standard Version (ASV)
They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.
Webster's Revision
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
World English Bible
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
English Revised Version (ERV)
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
Clarke's Psalms 35:12 Bible Commentary
To the spoiling of my soul - To destroy my life; so נפש nephesh should be translated in a multitude of places, where our translators have used the word soul.
Barnes's Psalms 35:12 Bible Commentary
They rewarded me evil for good - They recompensed, or returned evil instead of good. The manner in which they did it he states in the following verses.
To the spoiling of my soul - Margin, "depriving." The Hebrew word means "the being forsaken," or "abandoned." The idea is, that owing to this conduct he was forsaken or abandoned by all in whom he might have put confidence.
