Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?

New American Standard Bible

How long will you assail a man,
That you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

King James Version

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

International Standard Version

How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

A Conservative Version

How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may kill, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

American Standard Version

How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him , all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

Amplified


How long will you attack a man
So that you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

Bible in Basic English

How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

Darby Translation

How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

Julia Smith Translation

How long will ye set upon a man? ye will kill all of you: as a wall inclining, a wall thrust down.

King James 2000

How long will you imagine evil against a man? you shall be slain all of you: as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.

Lexham Expanded Bible

How long will you attack a man? All of you will be shattered like a leaning wall, a tottering fence.

Modern King James verseion

How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You will shatter him, all of you; you shall be like a bowing wall and a tottering fence.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? Ye shall be slain, all of the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.

NET Bible

How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

New Heart English Bible

How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

The Emphasized Bible

How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, - Like a wall that bulgeth, - a fence pushed in!

Webster

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

World English Bible

How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

Youngs Literal Translation

Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

Topics

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

Trust In God Alone

2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will never be shaken.
3 How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?
4 They only plan to bring him down
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.Selah


Cross References

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may worship Me.

Exodus 16:28

Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commands and instructions?

1 Samuel 26:10

David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

Psalm 4:2

How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie?Selah

Psalm 21:11

Though they intend to harm you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.

Psalm 73:18-20

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

Psalm 82:2

“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?Selah

Psalm 140:2

who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

Isaiah 30:13-14

this iniquity of yours will be
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?

Hosea 7:15

I trained and strengthened their arms,
but they plot evil against Me.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”

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