Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.

King James Version

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Holman Bible

day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;

International Standard Version

Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it.

A Conservative Version

Day and night they go about it, upon the walls of it. Iniquity and mischief also are in the midst of it.

American Standard Version

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

Amplified


Day and night they go around her walls;
Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.

Bible in Basic English

By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

Darby Translation

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

Julia Smith Translation

Day and night they will surround it upon its walls: and vanity and trouble in her midst

King James 2000

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble [are] in its midst.

Modern King James verseion

They go around her on her walls by day and night; and evil and sorrow are in her midst.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

This goeth day and night about the walls; mischief and vice are in the midst of it.

NET Bible

Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

New Heart English Bible

Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

The Emphasized Bible

Day and night, they go round her, upon her walls, And, trouble and misery, are in her midst;

Webster

Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

World English Bible

Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

Youngs Literal Translation

By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst,

Verse Info

Context Readings

Betrayal By A Friend

9 Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
11 Destruction is in her midst;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.


Cross References

1 Samuel 19:11

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.”

2 Samuel 16:21-22

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”

2 Samuel 17:1-2

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight.

Psalm 59:6

They return at evening, they howl like a dog,
And go around the city.

Psalm 59:14-15

They return at evening, they howl like a dog,
And go around the city.

Isaiah 59:6-15

Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And an act of violence is in their hands.

Ezekiel 9:4

The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”

Hosea 7:6

For their hearts are like an oven
As they approach their plotting;
Their anger smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

Micah 2:1-2

Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they do it,
For it is in the power of their hands.

Zephaniah 3:1-3

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city!

John 18:3

Judas then, having received the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

John 18:28

Then they *led Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;

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