Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

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:

New American Standard Bible

He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.

King James Version

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

Holman Bible

He waits in ambush near the villages;
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

International Standard Version

They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.

A Conservative Version

He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.

American Standard Version

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

Amplified


He lurks in ambush in the villages;
In hiding places he kills the innocent;
He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].

Bible in Basic English

He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Sitting in ambush of the enclosures: in hiding-places he will slay the innocent: his eyes will be hid to the afflicted.

King James 2000

He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless.

Modern King James verseion

He sits in the hiding-places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the poor.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets, and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor.

NET Bible

He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

New Heart English Bible

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

Webster

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

World English Bible

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He sitteth
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

in the lurking places
מארב 
Ma'arab 
Usage: 5

of the villages
חצר 
Chatser 
Usage: 190

in the secret places
מסתּר 
Mictar 
Usage: 10

הרג 
Harag 
Usage: 166

the innocent
נקיא נקי 
Naqiy 
Usage: 43

צפן 
Tsaphan 
Usage: 32

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked

7 With cursing, his mouth is full, and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue, are trouble and mischief: 8 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: 9 He lieth in wait in a hiding-place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net:

Cross References

Habakkuk 3:14

Thou hast pierced, with his own staves, the head of his chiefs, they storm along, to scatter me, - their exultant thought, is, in very deed, to devour the oppressed one, in a secret place!

1 Samuel 22:18

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 23:23

See, then, and get to know - of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you, - and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah.

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover also, innocent blood, did Manasseh shed in great abundance, till he had filled Jerusalem, from one end to the other, besides his committing the sins which he caused, Judah, to commit, in doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh.

Psalm 17:11

As for our own goings, now, have they surrounded us, - Their eyes, they fix, bending to the earth:

Psalm 94:6

The widow and sojourner, they will slay, And, the fatherless, murder.

Proverbs 1:11-12

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 6:12-13

An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, is he who - goeth on in perversity of mouth;

Jeremiah 22:17

Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!

Luke 8:1

And it came to pass, in due course, that he was passing through, city by city and village by village, proclaiming, and delivering the glad-message of the kingdom of God, - and, the twelve, were with him;

Luke 10:1

And, after these things, the Lord appointed seventy two others, and sent them forth, two and two before his face, into every city and place whither, he himself, was about to come.

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