Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous, - neither destroy thou his place of rest;
New American Standard Bible
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
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:
Darby Translation
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste 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:
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.
Interlinear
Naveh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
14 Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off. 15 Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous, - neither destroy thou his place of rest; 16 For, seven times, may the righteous fall and yet arise, but, lawless men, shall stumble into calamity.
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:11
They were going up the ascent of the city, when they found young women, coming out to draw water, - so they said unto these, Is, the seer, in this place?
1 Samuel 22:18-19
Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen;
1 Samuel 23:20-23
Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, will it be to surrender him into the hand of the king.
Psalm 10:8-10
He abideth in the lurking-place of villages, In the hiding-places, he murdereth the innocent, - His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch:
Psalm 37:32
The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:
Psalm 56:6
They stir up strife - they lie hid, They, mark my steps, - Seeing they have waited for my life.
Psalm 59:3
For lo! they have lain in wait for my life, Mighty ones stir up strife against me, Without transgression of mine, and without sin of mine, O Yahweh;
Psalm 140:5
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. Selah.
Proverbs 1:11
If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
Proverbs 22:28
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.
Isaiah 32:18
And my people shall dwell, In a borne of peace, - and In habitations of security, and In resting-places of comfort.
Jeremiah 11:19
But, I, was as a gentle lamb that is to be led to the slaughter, - and I knew not that against me, they had devised devices saying - Let us destroy the tree with its fruit Yea let us cut him off out of the land of the living, And, his name, shall be remembered no more!
Matthew 26:4
and they took counsel together, in order that, Jesus, by guile, they might secure, and slay.
Acts 9:24
But their plot was made known unto Saul, - and they were even narrowly watching the gates, both day and night, that they might kill him;
Acts 23:16
But Paul's sister's son hearing of the lying-in-wait, happening to be near, and coming into the castle, - reported it unto Paul.
Acts 25:3
asking for themselves as a favour against him, that he would send for him unto Jerusalem, - making, an ambush, to kill him on the way.