Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
Do not promote
King James Version
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Holman Bible
do not let them achieve their goals.
Otherwise, they will become proud.
International Standard Version
Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude
A Conservative Version
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked man. Do not further his evil device. They exalt themselves. Selah.
American Standard Version
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah
Amplified
“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further their evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt not give, O Jehovah, the desires of the unjust one: thou wilt not bring forth his device; they will be lifted up. Silence.
King James 2000
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not grant, O Yahweh, [the] desires of [the] wicked. Do not allow [them] to attain their plan, lest they be exalted. Selah
Modern King James verseion
O Jehovah, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not help his wicked plans, lest they praise themselves. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD; let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. Selah.
NET Bible
O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the lawless one, his device, do not promote, They would exalt themselves. Selah.
Webster
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
World English Bible
Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
7 O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour. 8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah. 9 The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:27
If not -- the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know -- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
2 Samuel 15:31
and David declared, saying, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, 'Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'
Job 5:12-13
Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Psalm 10:2-3
Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
Psalm 27:12
Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
Psalm 94:20-21
Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?