Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They
King James Version
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
Holman Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Who have devised mischiefs in their heart , Every day, do they stir up wars:
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.
Themes
Contentiousness » The contentious spirit
Dissention » The contentious spirit
Topics
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
1
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the man of violence.
2
They
Cross References
Psalm 56:6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps when they wait for my soul.
Psalm 36:4
He devises iniquity upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.
1 Samuel 23:19-24
Then those of Ziph came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the woods in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right hand side of the wilderness?
1 Samuel 24:11-12
Moreover, my father, see; see the skirt of thy robe is even in my hand, for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and did not kill thee, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou doest hunt my life to take it.
1 Samuel 26:1-25
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does David not hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
Psalm 2:1-2
Why do the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine a vain thing?
Psalm 21:11
For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a wicked device, but they did not prevail.
Psalm 38:12
Those that seek after my life lay snares for me, and those that seek my hurt speak calamities and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalm 62:3
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Shall ye murder each other until ye are as a bowing wall and as a tottering fence?
Psalm 64:5-6
They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they attempt to hide the snares; they say, Who shall see them?
Psalm 120:7
I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those whose thoughts are evil, but joy in that of those whose thoughts are good.
Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; their baker sleeps all night; in the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
Micah 2:1-3
Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.
Nahum 1:11
He has come out of thee that has imagined evil against the LORD, a counsellor of Belial.