Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
They have spread a
They have set
Holman Bible
they spread a net along the path
and set snares for me.
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 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 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. 6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
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Cross References
Psalm 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalm 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Psalm 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Job 18:9
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Psalm 10:4-12
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalm 17:8-13
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalm 31:4
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Psalm 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalm 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psalm 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Psalm 119:110
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Psalm 123:3-4
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Psalm 141:9-10
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Luke 11:53-54
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
Luke 20:20-23
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.