King James Version

Psalms 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

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יָ֭גוֹדּוּyagodvassembleגָּדַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “assemble”, an unfinished actionH1413to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…נֶ֣פֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…צַדִּ֑יקtsadiqjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).וְדָ֖םvedamand blood , innocentדָּםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.נָקִ֣יnaqiinnocentנָקִיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “innocent”, the ordinary formH5355innocentblameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.יַרְשִֽׁיעוּyarshivbe wickedרָשַׁעverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be wicked”, an unfinished actionH7561to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violatecondemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

Young’s Literal Translation

They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

World English Bible

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Darby Translation

They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θηρεύσουσιν ἐπὶ ψυχὴν δικαίου, καὶ αἷμα ἀθῶον καταδικάσονται.