Psalms 120:7

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for warre.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

I am {for} peace, but when I speak, They are for war.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

I am `for' peace: But when I speak, they are for war. Psalm 121 A Song of Ascents.
- American Standard Version (1901)

I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.
- Basic English Bible

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

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
- Webster's Bible

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.
- World English Bible

I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!
- Youngs Literal Bible

I am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Psalms 120:7


120:5 Mesech - Mesech and Kedar are two sorts of people often mentioned in scripture, and reckoned amongst the barbarous nations. But their names are here to be understood metaphorically. And so he explains himself in the next verse.


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