Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is praised 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 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 You shall keep them, O Jehovah, You shall preserve them from this generation forever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is praised by the sons of men.
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Cross References
Judges 9:18-57
And you have risen up against my father's house today, and have killed his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his slave woman, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;
1 Samuel 18:17-18
And Saul said to David, Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab for a wife. Only you be a brave son for me and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
Esther 3:6-15
And he scorned to lay hands only on Mordecai, for they had revealed to him the people of Mordecai. And Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
Job 30:8
sons of fools, yea, sons without a name; they have been whipped out of the land.
Psalm 55:10-11
They go around her on her walls by day and night; and evil and sorrow are in her midst.
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Isaiah 32:4-6
And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of those who stutter shall be ready to speak plainly.
Daniel 11:21
And a despised one shall stand up in his place, and they shall not give to him the honor of the king; but he will enter while at ease and seize the kingdom by intrigues.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is crushed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Micah 6:16
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, so that I should make you a ruin and its people a hissing; therefore you shall bear the shame of My people.
Mark 14:63-65
Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, What further need do we have of witnesses?