Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

To shoot from concealment at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

King James Version

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Holman Bible

shooting from concealed places at the innocent.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.

International Standard Version

shooting at the innocent from concealment. Suddenly they shoot, fearing nothing.

A Conservative Version

that they may shoot in secret places at a blameless man. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

American Standard Version

That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Amplified


To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];
Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

Bible in Basic English

So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Darby Translation

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Julia Smith Translation

To shoot down the blameless one in secret things: suddenly they will shoot, and they will not be afraid.

King James 2000

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

to shoot from their hiding places [at the] blameless. Suddenly they shoot [at] him and do not fear.

Modern King James verseion

so that they may shoot at the blameless one from a lurking place; suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

That they may privily hurt the innocent, and suddenly hit him without any fear.

NET Bible

in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.

New Heart English Bible

to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

The Emphasized Bible

To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.

Webster

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

World English Bible

to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

Youngs Literal Translation

To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

References

Easton

Bow

Verse Info

Context Readings

Protection From Evildoers

3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
4 To shoot from concealment at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
5 They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”


Cross References

Psalm 55:19

God will hear and answer them—
Even the one who sits enthroned from of old— Selah.
With whom there is no change,
And who do not fear God.

1 Samuel 18:11

Saul hurled the spear for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from his presence twice.

1 Samuel 19:10

Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

2 Samuel 15:14

David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

Nehemiah 4:11

Our enemies said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them and put a stop to the work.”

Psalm 10:8-9

He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.

Psalm 11:2

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Psalm 59:3-4

For behold, they have set an ambush for my life;
Fierce men launch an attack against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord,

Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced with his own spears
The head of his throngs.
They stormed in to scatter us;
Their exultation was like those
Who devour the oppressed in secret.

John 19:6

So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”

1 Peter 2:22-23

who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

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