Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.
New American Standard Bible
They have spread a
They have set
King James Version
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
International Standard Version
The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude
A Conservative Version
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords. They have spread a net by the wayside. They have set snares for me. Selah.
American Standard Version
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah
Amplified
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
The proud hid a snare for me, and cords; they spread a net at the hand of the way; they set snares for me. Silence.
King James 2000
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords. They have spread out a net along [the] {side} of [the] path. They have set snares for me. Selah
Modern King James verseion
The proud have hidden cords and a trap for me; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set snares for me. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.
NET Bible
Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. Selah.
Webster
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side: they have set gins for me. Selah.
World English Bible
The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
4
from the clutches of the wicked.
Keep me safe from violent men
who plan to make me stumble.
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.
Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 35:7
they dug a pit for me without cause.
Psalm 142:3
You know my way.
they have hidden a trap for me.
Psalm 57:6
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!
Jeremiah 18:22
when You suddenly bring raiders against them,
for they have dug a pit to capture me
and have hidden snares for my feet.
Job 18:9
a noose seizes him.
Psalm 10:4-12
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”
Psalm 17:8-13
hide me in the shadow of Your wings
Psalm 31:4
that is secretly set for me,
for You are my refuge.
Psalm 36:11
or the hand of the wicked one drive me away.
Psalm 119:69
but I obey Your precepts with all my heart.
Psalm 119:85
they violate Your instruction.
Psalm 119:110
but I have not wandered from Your precepts.
Psalm 123:3-4
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.
Psalm 141:9-10
and from the snares of evildoers.
Proverbs 29:5
spreads a net for his feet.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah,
Jeremiah 18:20
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before You
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn Your anger from them.
Luke 11:53-54
When He left there,
Luke 20:20-23
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