Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.

New American Standard Bible

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;

King James Version

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Holman Bible

Wicked man, don’t set an ambush,
at the camp of the righteous man;
don’t destroy his dwelling.

International Standard Version

Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live;

A Conservative Version

Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.

American Standard Version

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

Amplified


Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;

Bible in Basic English

Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not lay wait, O wicked one, against the dwelling of the just one; thou shalt not destroy his resting place:

King James 2000

Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not lie in wait [like] an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence [to] his dwelling place.

Modern King James verseion

Wicked one, do not lie in ambush at the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Lay no privy wait wickedly upon the house of the righteous, and disquiet not his resting place.

NET Bible

Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

New Heart English Bible

Do not lie in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place:

The Emphasized Bible

Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous, - neither destroy thou his place of rest;

Webster

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place:

World English Bible

Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

Youngs Literal Translation

Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Lay not wait
ארב 
'arab 
Usage: 42

O wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

of the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׁדד 
Shadad 
Usage: 57

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

14 so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place. 16 For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.

Cross References

1 Samuel 9:11

As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?

1 Samuel 22:18-19

And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 23:20-23

And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.

Psalm 10:8-10

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:

Psalm 56:6

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

Psalm 59:3

For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 22:28

Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.

Isaiah 32:18

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

Jeremiah 11:19

And I was like a tame lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Matthew 26:4

and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;

Acts 9:24

But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;

Acts 23:16

But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported it to Paul.

Acts 25:3

asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

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