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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.
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.
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 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
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Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
4 O Jehovah, keep me from the hands of the wicked; keep me from the violent man who purposed to trip up my steps. 5 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. 6 I said to Jehovah, You are my God; O Jehovah, hear the voice of my prayers.
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Cross References
Psalm 35:7
For without cause they have spread their net for me in a pit-net; without cause they have dug for my soul.
Psalm 142:3
When my spirit fainted within me, then You knew my path. In the way in which I walked they have secretly laid a snare for me.
Psalm 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when You suddenly bring a raiding party on them. For they have dug a pit to take me, and have hidden snares for my feet.
Job 18:9
The trap shall take him by the heel, and the noose shall hold sway over him.
Psalm 10:4-12
Through the pride of his face the wicked will not seek Him; There is no God in all his schemes.
Psalm 17:8-13
Keep me as the pupil, the daughter of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
Psalm 31:4
Bring me out of the net that they hid for me, for You are my strength.
Psalm 36:11
Do not let the foot of pride come against me, and do not let the hand of the wicked move me.
Psalm 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me; I will keep Your Commandments with all my heart.
Psalm 119:85
The proud have dug pits for me, which are not according to Your Law.
Psalm 119:110
The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet I do not go astray from Your Commandments.
Psalm 123:3-4
Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, have mercy on us; for we are exceedingly filled with scorn.
Psalm 141:9-10
Keep me from the traps which they have laid for me, and the snares of the workers of evil.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, Come and let us plot schemes against Jeremiah. For the Law shall not perish from the priest, nor wisdom from the wise, nor the Word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to do good for them, and to turn away Your wrath from them.
Luke 11:53-54
And as He said these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw Him out concerning many things,
Luke 20:20-23
And they watched and sent forth spies, pretending themselves to be righteous men, so that they might seize upon a word of His, that they might deliver Him in this way to the power and authority of the governor.