Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And the peoples
King James Version
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Holman Bible
Why
and the peoples plot in vain?
International Standard Version
Why are the nations in an uproar, and their people involved in a vain plot?
A Conservative Version
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain {things (LXX/NT)}?
American Standard Version
Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Amplified
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
Bible in Basic English
Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Darby Translation
Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore did the nations rage, and the peoples will meditate emptiness?
King James 2000
Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain?
Modern King James verseion
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate on a vain thing?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
W hy did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things?
NET Bible
Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
New Heart English Bible
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
Webster
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
World English Bible
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
Youngs Literal Translation
Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?
Themes
Counsel » Those that take counsel together against the lord
Heathen » General references to
the Heathen » Described as » Persecuting
Nations » The nations that oppose the lord
Opposition » Those that oppose the lord
Prophecies respecting Christ » That the jews and gentiles should combine against him
Interlinear
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 2:1
Prayers for Psalm 2:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Messiah's Reign
1
And the peoples
And the rulers take counsel together
Cross References
Psalm 46:6
He
Psalm 83:4-8
That the
Revelation 17:14
These will wage
Psalm 18:42
I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.
Psalm 21:11
And
They will not succeed.
Isaiah 8:9
And give ear, all remote places of the earth.
Gird yourselves, yet be
Gird yourselves, yet be
Matthew 21:38
Luke 18:32
Luke 22:1-2
Luke 22:5
They were glad and agreed to give him money.
Luke 22:22-23
John 11:49-50
But one of them,
Acts 4:25-26
who
‘
And the peoples devise futile things?
Acts 5:33
But when they heard this, they were
Acts 16:22
The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their
Acts 17:5-6
But
Acts 19:28-32
When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began crying out, saying, “Great is