Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil 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:

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:

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:

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 is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place. 16 For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

Cross References

1 Samuel 9:11

They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, 'Is the seer in this place?'

1 Samuel 22:18-19

And the king saith to Doeg, 'Turn round thou, and come against the priests;' and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod,

1 Samuel 23:20-23

And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours is to shut him up into the hand of the king.'

Psalm 10:8-10

He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

Psalm 37:32

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Psalm 56:6

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

Psalm 59:3

For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

Psalm 140:5

The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

Proverbs 22:28

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

Isaiah 32:18

And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

Jeremiah 11:19

And I am as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

Matthew 26:4

and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,

Acts 9:24

and their counsel against him was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,

Acts 23:16

And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

Acts 25:3

asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

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