Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
On every side, the lawless, march about, - when worthlessness is exalted by the sons of men.
New American Standard Bible
When
King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Holman Bible
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.
International Standard Version
The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
A Conservative Version
The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
American Standard Version
The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Amplified
The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
Bible in Basic English
The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.
Darby Translation
The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust shall walk round about as the rising of a tempest to the sons of man.
King James 2000
The wicked prowl on every side, when vile men are exalted.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] wicked prowl about when vileness [is] exalted among [the] children of humankind.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is praised by the sons of men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ungodly walk on every side; when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.
NET Bible
for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
Webster
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
World English Bible
The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Youngs Literal Translation
Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 12:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oppression By The Wicked
7 Thou, O Yahweh, wilt keep them, - Thou wilt guard him, from this generation unto times age-abiding. 8 On every side, the lawless, march about, - when worthlessness is exalted by the sons of men.
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Judges 9:18-57
yet have, ye, risen up against the house of my father, to-day, and slain his sons - seventy men, upon one stone, - and made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the owners of Shechem, because he is, your brother;
1 Samuel 18:17-18
So then Saul said unto David - Lo! my elder daughter Merab, her, will I give thee to wife, only, approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himself - Let not, my own hand, be upon him, but let, the hand of the Philistines, be upon him.
Esther 3:6-15
but, it was contemptible in his eyes, to thrust forth a hand on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai, - and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
Job 30:8
Sons of the base, yea sons of the nameless, they were scourged out of the land.
Psalm 55:10-11
Day and night, they go round her, upon her walls, And, trouble and misery, are in her midst;
Proverbs 29:12
When a ruler giveth heed to the word of falsehood, all his attendants, become lawless.
Isaiah 32:4-6
And the heart of the hurried, shall take note of knowledge, And the tongue of stammerers, shall make haste to speak plainly.
Daniel 11:21
Then will rise up in his stead, one despised, and they will not lay upon him the dignity of the kingdom, - but he will come in unexpectedly, and strengthen the kingdom by flatteries;
Hosea 5:11
Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment, - because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood.
Micah 6:16
For strictly observed are the statutes of Omri, and every doing of the house of Ahab, and ye have walked in their counsels, - to the end I may give thee up to desolation, and her inhabitants to hissing, that, the reproach of peoples, ye may bear.
Mark 14:63-65
And, the High-priest, having rent asunder his inner-garments, saith - What, further, need have we, of witnesses?