Psalm 55:9
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
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Genesis 11:7-9
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech." . . .

2 Samuel 15:31
Now someone told David: "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." So David pleaded, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!"

2 Samuel 17:1-14
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. . . .

John 7:45-53
Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring Him in?" . . .

Acts 23:6-10
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial." . . .

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Jeremiah 6:7
As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

Jeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah."

Matthew 23:37, 38
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

King James Bible
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;

International Standard Version
Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city.

NET Bible
Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Lord Jehovah, drown the conversation of their tongues, for I have seen fighting and judgment in the city.
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