Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust waited for me to destroy me: I shall understand thy testimonies.

New American Standard Bible

The wicked wait for me to destroy me;
I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.

King James Version

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Holman Bible

The wicked hope to destroy me,
but I contemplate Your decrees.

International Standard Version

The wicked lay in wait to destroy me, while I ponder your decrees.

A Conservative Version

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider thy testimonies.

American Standard Version

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies.

Amplified


The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will consider Your testimonies.

Bible in Basic English

The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.

Darby Translation

The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; but I attend unto thy testimonies.

King James 2000

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For me [the] wicked [lie in] wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies.

Modern King James verseion

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will think on Your testimonies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly lay wait for me to destroy me, but I consider thy testimonies.

NET Bible

The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

New Heart English Bible

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

The Emphasized Bible

For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.

Webster

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

World English Bible

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Lamed

94 I am to thee; save me; for I sought thy charges. 95 The unjust waited for me to destroy me: I shall understand thy testimonies. 96 I saw the end to all perfection: thy command is exceeding broad.


Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20-23

And now, according to all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down; and for us to shut him up into the hand of the king.

2 Samuel 17:1-4

And Ahithophel will say to Absalom, I will now choose twelve thousand men. and I will rise and pursue after David this night:

Psalm 10:8-10

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

Psalm 27:2

In the drawing near of those doing evil to me, to eat my flesh, adversaries and enemies to me, they were weak and fell

Psalm 37:32

The unjust watches for the just, and seeks to kill him,

Psalm 38:12

My friends and my neighbors will stand from before my stroke, and my kindred stood from far off.

Psalm 119:24

Also thy testimonies my delight, the men of my counsel.

Psalm 119:31

I adhered to thy testimonies: O Jehovah, thou wilt not make me ashamed.

Psalm 119:61

The cords of the unjust passed over me: I forget not thy law.

Psalm 119:69

The proud devised falsehood against me: I will watch thy charges with all the heart.

Psalm 119:85-87

The proud dug pits for me which is not according to thy law.

Psalm 119:111

I inherited thy testimonies forever: for they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:125

I am thy servant; cause me to understand, and I shall know thy tesmonies.

Psalm 119:129

Thy testimonies are wonderful: for this my soul watched them.

Psalm 119:167

My soul watched thy testimonies, and loved them greatly.

Matthew 26:3-5

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and scribes, and the more ancient of the people, into the court-yard of the chief priest, called Caliaphas,

Acts 12:11

And Peter being as himself, said, Now know I truly that the Lord sent his messenger, and took me out of the hands of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Acts 23:21

Therefore thou shouldest not be persuaded by them: for more than forty men of them lie in wait for him, who anathematized themselves, neither to eat or drink till they should kill him: and now are they prepared, expecting a promise from thee.

Acts 25:3

Asking favor against him, that he might send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambuscade to kill him in the way.

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