Psalms 35 · Verse 11

Psalms 35:11

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Psalms 35:11, King James Version

Psalms 35:11 in other translations

BSBHostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
WEBUnrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
ASVUnrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
YLTViolent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
DARBYUnrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
BBEFalse witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
WebsterFalse witnesses arose; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

What does Psalms 35:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. False witnesses--literally, "Witnesses of injustice and cruelty" (compare Psa 11:5; 25:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 False witnesses did rise up - There is no doubt that several of this kind were found to depose against the life of David; and we know that the wicked Jews employed such against the life of Christ. See Mat 26:59, Mat 26:60. They laid to my charge things that I knew not - They produced the most unfounded charges; things of which I had never before heard.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:11-16
Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ. David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictions. We ought to mourn for the sins of those who do not mourn for themselves. We shall not lose by the good offices we do to any, how ungrateful soever they may be. Let us learn to possess our souls in patience and meekness like David, or rather after Christ's example.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 35:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְ֭קוּמוּןYe.ku.munthey rise up !H6965
עֵדֵ֣י'e.Deiwitnesses ofH5707
חָמָ֑סcha.MasviolenceH2555
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knowH3045
יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי\׃yish.'a.Lu.nithey ask meH7592

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 35:11

  • Psalms 27:12

    Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

  • Matthew 26:59-60

    Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

  • Acts 6:13

    And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

  • 1 Samuel 24:9

    And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

  • Acts 24:12-13

    And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

  • 1 Samuel 25:10

    And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

  • Acts 24:5-6

    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
False witnesses. Heb. Witnesses of wrong.
27:12; 1Sa 24:9; 25:10; Mt 26:59,60; Ac 6:13; 24:5,6,12,13
laid, etc. Heb. asked me.

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Context

  • Psalms 35:10

    All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

  • Psalms 35:11

    False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

  • Psalms 35:12

    They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

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Psalms 35:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Levantáronse testigos falsos; demandáronme lo que no sabía;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Des témoins violents se lèvent, ils m’interrogent sur des choses que je n’ai pas connues;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es treten ungerechte Zeugen auf; was ich nicht weiß, fragen sie mich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Prætende misericordiam tuam scientibus te, et justitiam tuam his qui recto sunt corde.