Parallel Verses
Amplified
He who plans to do evil
Will be called a schemer or deviser of evil.
New American Standard Bible
Men will call a
King James Version
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Holman Bible
will be called a schemer.
International Standard Version
The person who plans on doing evil will be called a schemer.
A Conservative Version
He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.
American Standard Version
He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.
Bible in Basic English
He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.
Darby Translation
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues.
Julia Smith Translation
He purposing to do evil for himself shall be called the master of mischief.
King James 2000
He that plans to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who plans to do evil for himself, they will call [him] "master of mischief."
Modern King James verseion
He who plots to do evil shall be called a master of wicked thoughts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that imagineth mischief, may well be called an ungracious person.
NET Bible
The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.
New Heart English Bible
One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
The Emphasized Bible
He that deviseth to do mischief, him, shall men call, a master of plots.
Webster
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
World English Bible
One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Mischievous
Character of the wicked » Mischievous
Evil » Devices » General references to
Interlinear
Chashab
Qara'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
7
Wisdom is too exalted for a [hardened, arrogant]
He does not open his mouth in the gate [where the city’s rulers sit in judgment].
He who plans to do evil
Will be called a schemer or deviser of evil.
The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is repulsive to men.
Cross References
Romans 1:30
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors [of new forms] of evil, disobedient and disrespectful to parents,
Proverbs 6:14
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;
Who spreads discord and strife.
Proverbs 14:22
Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
1 Kings 2:44
The king also said to Shimei, “You are aware in your own heart of all the evil you did to my father David; so the Lord shall return your evil on your own head.
Psalm 21:11
For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.
Proverbs 6:18
A heart that creates wicked plans,
Feet that run swiftly to evil,
Proverbs 24:2
For their minds plot violence,
And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent].
Proverbs 24:9
The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is repulsive to men.
Isaiah 10:7-13
Yet it is not Assyria’s intention [to do My will],
Nor does it plan so in its heart,
But instead it is its purpose to destroy
And to cut off many nations.
Isaiah 32:7
As for the rogue, his weapons are evil;
He conceives wicked plans
To ruin the poor with lies,
Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.
Ezekiel 38:10-11
‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day that thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan,
Nahum 1:11
From you [O Nineveh],
One has gone forth who plotted evil against the Lord,
A malevolent