Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people.

King James Version

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Holman Bible

so that godless men should not rule
or ensnare the people.

International Standard Version

to keep the godless man from reigning or laying a snare for the people."

A Conservative Version

that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.

American Standard Version

That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.

Amplified


So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares for the people.

Darby Translation

That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared.

Julia Smith Translation

From the reigning of the profane man from the people being snared.

King James 2000

That the hypocrite reigns not, lest the people be ensnared.

Lexham Expanded Bible

so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

Modern King James verseion

from the reigning of ungodly men, from being snares for the people.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

From the wickedness and sin of the people, he maketh a hypocrite to reign over them.

NET Bible

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.

New Heart English Bible

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

The Emphasized Bible

That impious men may not reign, nor be ensnarers of the people.

Webster

That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared.

World English Bible

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

Youngs Literal Translation

From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

not, lest the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

29 When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?-- 30 So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people.
31 "For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28-30

So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, "You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

2 Kings 21:9

But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel.

Job 34:21

"For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

Psalm 12:8

On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Proverbs 29:2-12

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after filth.

Hosea 13:11

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.

Micah 6:16

For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of my people."

2 Thessalonians 2:4-11

who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

Revelation 13:3-4

One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.

Revelation 13:11-14

Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.

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