Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their counsels are wicked counsels; harm and destruction are in their ways.

New American Standard Bible

Their feet run to evil,
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

King James Version

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Holman Bible

Their feet run after evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

International Standard Version

Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths.

A Conservative Version

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.

American Standard Version

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

Amplified


Their feet run to evil,
And they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing];
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

Bible in Basic English

Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

Darby Translation

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;

Julia Smith Translation

Their feet will run to evil, and they will hasten to pour out innocent blood: their purposes, purposes of vanity; destruction and breaking in their highways.

King James 2000

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction [are] in their highways.

Modern King James verseion

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and ruin are in their paths.

NET Bible

They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

New Heart English Bible

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

The Emphasized Bible

Their feet, to mischief, do run, And they speed to shed innocent blood, - Their devices, are devices of iniquity, Wasting and destruction, are in their high roads;

Webster

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

World English Bible

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

Youngs Literal Translation

Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction are in their highways.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

run
רוּץ 
Ruwts 
Usage: 103

to shed
שׁפך 
Shaphak 
Usage: 115

נקיא נקי 
Naqiy 
Usage: 43

דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

מחשׁבת מחשׁבה 
Machashabah 
Usage: 56

מחשׁבת מחשׁבה 
Machashabah 
Usage: 56

שׁוד שׁד 
Shod 
Usage: 25

שׁבר שׁבר 
Sheber 
Usage: 44

Context Readings

Rampant Transgression

6 Their web maketh no cloth and they may not cover themselves with their labours. Their deeds are the deeds of wickedness, and the work of robbery is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their counsels are wicked counsels; harm and destruction are in their ways. 8 But the way of peace they know not. In their goings is no equity, their ways are so crooked that whosoever goeth therein, knoweth nothing of peace.


Cross References

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood.

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Mark 7:21-22

For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder,

Romans 3:15-17

"Their feet are swift to shed blood.

Proverbs 15:26

The LORD abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked; but pure words are pleasant to him.

Proverbs 24:9

The thought of the foolish is sin, and the scornful is an abomination unto men.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with unrighteousness; Your lips speak lies, and your tongue setteth out wickedness.

Isaiah 60:18

Violence and robbery shall never be heard of in thy land, neither harm and destruction within thy borders. Thy walls shall be called health, and thy gates the praise of God.

Jeremiah 22:17

Nevertheless, as for thine eyes and thine heart, they look upon covetousness, to shed innocent blood, and to do wrong and violence.'"

Lamentations 4:13

{Mem} Which nevertheless is come to pass for the sins of her prophets, and for the wickedness of her priests that have shed innocents' blood within her.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then said he unto me, "The wickedness of the house of Israel and Judah is very great: so that the land is full of blood, and the city full of unfaithfulness. For they say, 'Tush, the LORD regardeth not the earth, he seeth us not.'

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the rulers of Israel have brought every man his power, to shed blood in thee.

Matthew 23:31-37

So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets.

Acts 8:20-22

Then said Peter unto him, "Thy money perish with thee, because thou wenest that the gift of God may be obtained with money.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the wife drunken with the blood of saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with great marvel.

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