Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless.
New American Standard Bible
In the hiding places he
His eyes
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 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.
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.
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:
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,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 10:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked
7 His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil. 8 He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless. 9 He lies in ambush {secretly,} like a lion in a thicket. He lies in ambush to seize [the] poor; he seizes [the] poor by catching him in his net.
Names
Cross References
Habakkuk 3:14
You pierced the head of his warriors with his own arrows; they came like a whirlwind to scatter me, their exultation like [one who] devours the afflicted in ambush.
1 Samuel 22:18
Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and attack the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests himself, and on that day he killed eighty-five men who wore [the] linen ephod.
1 Samuel 23:23
Look, find out all of the hiding places where he hides. Then return to me {with dependable information}, and I will go with you. And then if he [is] there in the land, then I will seek him among all the thousands of Judah."
2 Kings 21:16
Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem {from one end to another}, apart from his sin which he caused Judah to sin by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
Psalm 17:11
Now they surround us at our [every] step. They {intend} {to pin} [me] to the ground.
Psalm 94:6
They kill widow and stranger, and they murder orphans,
Proverbs 1:11-12
If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.
Proverbs 6:12-13
A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with {deceitful speech}.
Jeremiah 22:17
"But there is nothing [in] your eyes and your heart {except} your unlawful gain, and on shedding the blood of the innocent, and on committing oppression and extortion."
Luke 8:1
And it happened that {afterward} also he was going about from [one] town and village [to another] preaching and proclaiming the good news concerning the kingdom of God, and the twelve [were] with him,
Luke 10:1
And after these [things], the Lord also appointed seventy-two others and sent them out two by two before {him} into every town and place where he was about to go.