Parallel Verses

Amplified


“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”

New American Standard Bible

If the foundations are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”

King James Version

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Holman Bible

When the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”

International Standard Version

When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

A Conservative Version

If the foundations be destroyed, what can a righteous man do?

American Standard Version

If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?

Bible in Basic English

If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

Darby Translation

If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do?

Julia Smith Translation

If the pillars shall be pulled down, what did the just one?

King James 2000

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Lexham Expanded Bible

When the foundations are destroyed what can [the] righteous do?

Modern King James verseion

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the foundations will be cast down, and what hath the righteous done?

NET Bible

When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?"

New Heart English Bible

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

The Emphasized Bible

When the pillars are overthrown, What could, a righteous man, do?

Webster

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

World English Bible

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Youngs Literal Translation

When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous -- what hath he done?

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 11:3

References

Hastings

Images Psalm 11:3

Prayers for Psalm 11:3

Context Readings

Refuge In The Lord

2
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.
3 
“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”
4
The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.


Cross References

Psalm 82:5


The rulers do not know nor do they understand;
They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];
All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

2 Kings 19:13-18

Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad [of northern Syria], the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”

2 Kings 22:12-14

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying,

2 Chronicles 32:13-15

Do you not know what I and my fathers (ancestors) have done to all the peoples of the [other] lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands able to rescue their lands from my hand at all?

Nehemiah 6:10-12

When I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, “Let us meet [and take refuge] together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, because they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night.”

Psalm 75:3


“The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times].
It is I who will steady its pillars. Selah.

Isaiah 58:12


“And your people will rebuild the ancient ruins;
You will raise up and restore the age-old foundations [of buildings that have been laid waste];
You will be called Repairer of the Breach,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

Jeremiah 26:11-15

Then the priests and the [false] prophets said to the princes and to all the people, “This man is deserving of death, for he has prophesied against this city as you have heard with your own ears.”

Daniel 3:15-18

Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, very good. But if you do not worship, you shall be thrown at once into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can rescue you out of my hands?”

Daniel 6:10-28

Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he went into his house (now in his roof chamber his windows were open toward Jerusalem); he continued to get down on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

John 11:8-10

The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), the Jews were only recently going to stone You, and You are [thinking of] going back there again?”

Acts 4:5-12

On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Acts 4:24-33

And when they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, “O Sovereign Lord [having complete power and authority], it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them,

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God [which He has laid] stands [sure and unshaken despite attacks], bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord stand apart from wickedness and withdraw from wrongdoing.”

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