Psalms 54:12

9 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Brenton English Septuagint

and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.

British English Septuagint 2012

For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And usury and craft have not failed from its streets.

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἀδικία, καὶ οὐκ ἐξέλιπεν ἐκ τῶν πλατειῶν αὐτῆς τόκος καὶ δόλος.

Brenton Septuagint

καὶ ἀδικία, καὶ οὐκ ἐξέλιπεν ἐκ τῶν πλατειῶν αὐτῆς τόκος καὶ δόλος.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

et injustitia: et non defecit de plateis ejus usura et dolus.

Russian Synodal Bible

посреди его пагуба; обман и коварство не сходят с улиц его:

When was this written?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 1010 BC–400 BC David and many others
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Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (1010 BC–400 BC).

1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
Stamped electrum coins of guaranteed weight, an idea that spread across the ancient world within a century.

Psalms 54:12

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Russian Synodal Bible ☆