Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

King James Version

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Holman Bible

The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.

International Standard Version

The words of the wicked lead to bloodshed, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

A Conservative Version

The words of the wicked lay in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

American Standard Version

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Amplified


The [malevolent] words of the wicked lie in wait for [innocent] blood [to slander],
But the mouth of the upright will rescue and protect them.

Bible in Basic English

The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

Darby Translation

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Julia Smith Translation

The words of the unjust are the lying in wait of blood: and the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

King James 2000

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The words of the wicked [are] an ambush of blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.

Modern King James verseion

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The talking of the ungodly is how they may lay wait for blood; but the mouth of the righteous will deliver them.

NET Bible

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

New Heart English Bible

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The Emphasized Bible

The words of the lawless, are - of lying in wait for blood, but, the mouth of the upright, shall deliver them.

Webster

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

World English Bible

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Youngs Literal Translation

The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The words
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

are to lie in wait
ארב 
'arab 
Usage: 42

דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

but the mouth
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

5 The thoughts of the righteous are just,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
But the house of the righteous will stand.



Cross References

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back,
But the lips of the wise will protect them.

2 Samuel 17:1-4

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

Esther 4:7-14

Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.

Esther 7:4-6

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king.”

Proverbs 1:11-19

If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Isaiah 59:7

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.

Jeremiah 5:26

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

Micah 7:1-2

Woe is me! For I am
Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers.
There is not a cluster of grapes to eat,
Or a first-ripe fig which I crave.

Acts 23:12

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place.”

Acts 25:3

requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).

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