Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust shall walk round about as the rising of a tempest to the sons of man.
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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
On every side, the lawless, march about, - when worthlessness is exalted by 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 Jehovah, shalt watch them, keep from this generation forever. 8 The unjust shall walk round about as the rising of a tempest to the sons of man.
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Cross References
Judges 9:18-57
And ye rose up against the house of my father this day, and ye will kill his sons, seventy men, upon one stone; and ye will make Abimelech, son of his maid, king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your brother:)
1 Samuel 18:17-18
And Saul will say to David, Behold, my daughter the great, Merab; her will I give to thee for wife; but be thou to me for a son of strength and fight the battles of Jehovah. And Saul said, My hand shall not be upon him, and the hand of the rovers shall be upon him.
Esther 3:6-15
And it will be despised in his eyes to stretch forth the hand against Mordecai alone; for they announced to him the people of Mordecai: and Haman will seek to destroy all the Jews which are in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
Job 30:8
The sons of the foolish one, also the sons of no name: they were beaten from the land.
Psalm 55:10-11
Day and night they will surround it upon its walls: and vanity and trouble in her midst
Proverbs 29:12
A ruler listening to the word of falsehood, all serving him are unjust
Isaiah 32:4-6
And the heart of the hasty shall understand to know, and the tongue of those stammering shall hasten to speak plain.
Daniel 11:21
And there stood up upon his place he being despised; and they gave not upon him the strength of the kingdom: and he came in tranquillity, and he took the kingdom by flatteries.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim was oppressed, he was broken in judgment because he was willing to go after the command.
Micah 6:16
The laws of Omri will be observed, and all the work of the house of Ahab, and ye will go in their counsels; so that I shall give thee for a desolation, and her inhabitants for hissing, and ye shall bear the reproach of my People.
Mark 14:63-65
And the chief priest, having rent his tunic, says, What further need have we of witnesses