Parallel Verses

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.

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,

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 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
9 He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.



Cross References

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced with his own spears
The head of his throngs.
They stormed in to scatter us;
Their exultation was like those
Who devour the oppressed in secret.

1 Samuel 22:18

Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 23:23

So look, and learn about all the hiding places where he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

Psalm 17:11

They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.

Psalm 94:6

They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.

Proverbs 1:11-12

If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 6:12-13

A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart
Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain,
And on shedding innocent blood
And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

Luke 8:1

Soon afterwards, He began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him,

Luke 10:1

Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.

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