Psalms 55:12
Psalms 55:12-14 The Message (MSG)
This isn’t the neighborhood bully mocking me—I could take that. This isn’t a foreign devil spitting invective—I could tune that out. It’s you! We grew up together! You! My best friend! Those long hours of leisure as we walked arm in arm, God a third party to our conversation.
Psalms 55:12 King James Version (KJV)
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have born it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him
Psalms 55:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him.
Psalms 55:12 New Century Version (NCV)
It was not an enemy insulting me. I could stand that. It was not someone who hated me. I could hide from him.
Psalms 55:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him
Psalms 55:12 New International Version (NIV)
If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.
Psalms 55:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him.
Psalms 55:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶For it is not an enemy who taunts me— Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me— Then I could hide from him.
Psalms 55:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
It is not an enemy who taunts me— I could bear that. It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me— I could have hidden from them.