Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them.

New American Standard Bible

His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.

King James Version

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

Holman Bible

His ways are always secure;
Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;
he scoffs at all his adversaries.

International Standard Version

Their ways always seem prosperous. Your judgments are on high, far away from them. They scoff at all their enemies.

American Standard Version

His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Amplified


His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

Bible in Basic English

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

Darby Translation

His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Julia Smith Translation

His ways will be in pain in all time; thy judgments high from before him: all his enemies he will puff at them.

King James 2000

His ways are always prosperous; your judgments are far above, out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

His ways endure at all times. Your judgments are aloof from him. [As for] all his enemies, he scoffs at them.

Modern King James verseion

His ways are always perverted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he puffs at them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above, out of his sight. Therefore defieth he all his enemies.

NET Bible

He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

New Heart English Bible

His ways are prosperous at all times. Your judgments are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

The Emphasized Bible

His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them:

Webster

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

World English Bible

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

Youngs Literal Translation

Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

חיל חוּל 
Chuwl 
Usage: 57

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

he puffeth
פּוּח 
Puwach 
Usage: 14

Context Readings

A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked

4 The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God. 5 His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them. 6 He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

Isaiah 26:11

LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they do not see. But they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame. Yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

Genesis 6:12

And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

Judges 9:27

And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 9:38

Then Zebul said to him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Is not this the people that thou have despised? Go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

2 Samuel 5:6

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, Unless thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shall not come in here, thinking, David cannot come in he

1 Kings 20:10-11

And Ben-hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

1 Kings 20:13

And, behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says LORD, Have thou seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day, and thou shall know that I am LORD.

Psalm 92:5-6

How great are thy works, O LORD! Thy thoughts are very deep.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

Proverbs 2:13

who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

Proverbs 2:15

who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

Proverbs 15:24

To the wise man the way of life [is] upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Proverbs 24:1

Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.

Isaiah 5:12

And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness,

Isaiah 28:15

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we are at agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through it shall not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hid ourselves unde

Isaiah 42:25

Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle. And it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not. And it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Hosea 9:9

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will visit their sins.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.

Romans 3:16

Destruction and misery are in their ways,

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