Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Who have devised mischiefs in their heart , Every day, do they stir up wars:

New American Standard Bible

Who devise evil things in their hearts;
They continually stir up wars.

King James Version

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Holman Bible

who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.

International Standard Version

who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day.

A Conservative Version

[and men] who devise mischievous things in their heart. They gather themselves continually together for war.

American Standard Version

Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

Amplified


They devise evil things in their hearts;
They continually [gather together and] stir up wars.

Bible in Basic English

For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

Darby Translation

Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.

Julia Smith Translation

Who reckoned evils in the heart; all the day they will gather together wars.

King James 2000

Who imagine evil in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Lexham Expanded Bible

who plan evil [things] in [their] heart. They stir up wars continually.

Modern King James verseion

who devised evil things in the heart; they are always gathered for war.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long.

NET Bible

who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.

New Heart English Bible

those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

Webster

Who imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they assembled for war.

World English Bible

those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

Youngs Literal Translation

Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars.

References

American

Context Readings

Prayer For Rescue

1 Rescue me, O Yahweh, from the men of mischief, From the men of violence, wilt thou preserve me: 2 Who have devised mischiefs in their heart , Every day, do they stir up wars: 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, - The poison of the asp, is under their lips. Selah.


Cross References

Psalm 56:6

They stir up strife - they lie hid, They, mark my steps, - Seeing they have waited for my life.

Psalm 36:4

Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed, - he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!

1 Samuel 23:19-24

Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying, - Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 24:11-12

But, my father, see, yea, see, the corner of thy robe in my hand, - for, in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and yet did not slay thee, know thou, and see, that there is not in my hand either wrong or transgression, neither have I sinned against thee, yet art thou hunting my life, to take it.

1 Samuel 26:1-25

And the Ziphites came unto Saul in Gibeah, saying, - Is not David hiding himself in the hill of Hachilah, overlooking Jeshimon?

Psalm 2:1-2

Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?

Psalm 21:11

For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.

Psalm 38:12

Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things - all day long, do they mutter.

Psalm 62:3

How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, - Like a wall that bulgeth, - a fence pushed in!

Psalm 64:5-6

They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?

Psalm 120:7

I, am for peace, and verily I speak, They, are for war!

Proverbs 12:20

Deceit, is in the heart of contrivers of mischief, but, to the counsellors of peace, shall be joy.

Hosea 7:6

For they have made ready, like an oven, their heart, by their lying in wait, - all the night, their baker sleepeth, in the morning, he, kindleth up as it were a blazing fire.

Micah 2:1-3

Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds, - in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.

Nahum 1:11

Out of thee, hath one come forth - plotting, against Yahweh, wickedness, - A counselor of the Abandoned One.

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