For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.
Acts 9:24 - The Scriptures 2009 But their plot became known to Sha’ul. And they were watching the gates day and night, to kill him. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But [the knowledge of] their plot was made known to Saul. They were guarding the [city's] gates day and night to kill him, American Standard Version (1901) but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him: Common English Bible However, he found out about their scheme. They were keeping watch at the city gates around the clock so they could assassinate him. Catholic Public Domain Version But their treachery became known to Saul. Now they were also watching the gates, day and night, so that they might put him to death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But their laying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him. |
For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.
Do not lie in wait, O wrong one, Against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not ravage his resting place;
serving the Master with all humility, with many tears and trials which befell me by the plotting of the Yehuḏim,
where he spent three months. When he was about to sail to Suria, he decided to return through Makedonia, as a plot was made against him by the Yehuḏim.
And when I was informed that there was to be a plot against the man by the Yehuḏim, I sent him immediately to you, having also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him. Be strong!
For if indeed I do wrong, or have committed whatever deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is none at all in these matters of which these men accuse me, no one is able to give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
asking a favour against him, that he would send him to Yerushalayim – making a plot along the way to kill him.
But taking him by night, the taught ones let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
In Dammeseq the governor, under Aretas the sovereign, was guarding the city of the Dammasqiyim, wishing to seize me,