Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

King James Version

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Holman Bible

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

International Standard Version

Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.

A Conservative Version

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

American Standard Version

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

Amplified


For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.

Bible in Basic English

See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

Darby Translation

For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

Julia Smith Translation

For behold, the unjust will bend the bow, they prepared their arrow upon the cord, they will shoot in darkness the upright of heart

King James 2000

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For look: The wicked {string the bow}. They have fitted their arrow to [the] string, to shoot from [the] darkness at the upright of heart.

Modern King James verseion

for lo, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow on the string, so that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.

NET Bible

For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

New Heart English Bible

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

The Emphasized Bible

For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart:

Webster

For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

World English Bible

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Youngs Literal Translation

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Bow

Context Readings

Refuge In The Lord

1 In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain, 2 For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
3 if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"

Cross References

Psalm 7:10

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

Psalm 21:12

For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the LORD.

1 Samuel 18:21

Saul thought, "Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David a second time,"You shall now be my son-in-law."

1 Samuel 23:9

David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."

Psalm 7:12

If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Psalm 10:8-9

He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

Psalm 32:11

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Psalm 64:3-5

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 64:10

Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!

Psalm 94:15

for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Psalm 125:4

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

Matthew 26:4

and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Acts 23:12-15

When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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