Psalms 55:14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Psalms 55:14 in other translations
| BSB | We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. |
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| WEB | We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company. |
| ASV | We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng. |
| YLT | When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company. |
| DARBY | We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng. |
| BBE | We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company. |
| Webster | We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company. |
What does Psalms 55:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 55:12-14
12-14. This description of treachery does not deny, but aggravates, the injury from enemies.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 55:9-15
No wickedness so distresses the believer, as that which he witnesses in those who profess to be of the church of God. Let us not be surprised at the corruptions and disorders of the church on earth, but long to see the New Jerusalem. He complains of one that had been very industrious against him. God often destroys the enemies of the church by dividing them. And an interest divided against itself cannot long stand…
Psalms 55:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 55:14
- Psalms 42:4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
- Ezekiel 33:31
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
- Isaiah 2:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Psalms 122:1
A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
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Context
- Psalms 55:13
But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
- Psalms 55:14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
- Psalms 55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Psalms 55:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que juntos comunicábamos dulcemente los secretos, á la casa de Dios andábamos en compañía. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais c’est toi, un homme comme moi, mon conseiller et mon ami: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | die wir trauten Umgang miteinander pflogen, ins Haus Gottes wandelten mit der Menge. |