Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

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 thine; O save me, for I seek thy commandments. 95 The ungodly lay wait for me to destroy me, but I consider thy testimonies. 96 I see that all things come to an end, but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20-23

Now therefore, sir king, come down with all the lust that thy soul hath to come. And our part shall be to deliver him into the hands of the king."

2 Samuel 17:1-4

Then Ahithophel said unto Absalom, "Let me choose out, I pray thee, twelve thousand men. And I will up and follow after David by night.

Psalm 10:8-10

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.

Psalm 27:2

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 37:32

The ungodly watcheth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him.

Psalm 38:12

They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.

Psalm 119:24

For thy testimonies are my delight, and my counsellors.

Psalm 119:31

I stick unto thy testimonies; O LORD, confound me not.

Psalm 119:61

The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law.

Psalm 119:69

The proud imagine lies upon me, but I keep thy commandments with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:85-87

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

Psalm 119:111

Thy testimonies have I claimed as my heritage forever; and why? They are the very joy of my heart.

Psalm 119:125

I am thy servant; O grant me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Psalm 119:129

{Pe} Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.

Psalm 119:167

My soul keepeth thy testimonies, and loveth them exceedingly.

Matthew 26:3-5

Then assembled together the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people into the palace of the high priest, called Caiaphas:

Acts 12:11

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, "Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the waiting for of the people of the Jews."

Acts 23:21

But follow not their minds: for there lie in wait for him of them, more than forty men, which have bound themselves with a vow, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now are they ready, and look for thy promise."

Acts 25:3

and desired favour against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, and laid wait for him in the way to kill him.

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