Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long.
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.
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 {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Deliver me, o LORD, from the evil men, and preserve me from the wicked men, 2 which imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long. 3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Cross References
Psalm 56:6
They hold all together, and keep themselves close, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.
Psalm 36:4
He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.
1 Samuel 23:19-24
Then came the Ziphites to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, "David hideth himself fast by us in strongholds that are in a thicket in the hill of Hachilah on the rightside of the wilderness.
1 Samuel 24:11-12
And moreover my father, see yet the tip of thy coat in my hand. And inasmuch as I killed thee not too, when I cut off the tip of thy coat; understand and see that there is neither evil nor rebelliousness in me, and that I have not sinned against thee. And yet thou huntest after my soul to take it.
1 Samuel 26:1-25
After that came the Ziphites unto Saul to Gibeah saying, "David hideth himself in the hill of Hachilah even before the wilderness."
Psalm 2:1-2
W hy did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things?
Psalm 21:11
For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.
Psalm 38:12
They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.
Psalm 62:3
How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? Ye shall be slain, all of the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.
Psalm 64:5-6
They have devised mischief, and communed among themselves how they may lay snares. "Tush," say they, "Who shall see them?"
Psalm 120:7
I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.
Proverbs 12:20
They that imagine evil in their mind, will deceive; but the counselors of peace shall have joy following them.
Hosea 7:6
They with the imagination of their heart are like an oven, their sleep is all night like the sleep of a baker, in the morning is he as hot as the flame of fire:
Micah 2:1-3
Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God.
Nahum 1:11
There come out of thee such as Imagine mischief, and give ungracious counsel against the LORD.