Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Though they intended evil against You
And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.

King James Version

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Holman Bible

Though they intend to harm you
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

International Standard Version

Though they plot evil against you and devise schemes, they will not succeed.

A Conservative Version

For they intended evil against thee. They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

American Standard Version

For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

Amplified


For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.

Bible in Basic English

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

Darby Translation

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

Julia Smith Translation

For they stretched out evil upon thee: they purposed a device, they will not prevail.

King James 2000

For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous act, which they are not able to perform.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Though they have {plotted} evil against you, [though] they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail.

Modern King James verseion

For they intended evil against You; they imagined a wicked thing; they are not able to prevail.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

NET Bible

Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

New Heart English Bible

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

The Emphasized Bible

For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.

Webster

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

World English Bible

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Youngs Literal Translation

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

Verse Info

Context Readings

The King's Victory

10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man. 11 Though they intended evil against You
And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.
12 For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.

Cross References

Psalm 2:1

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Psalm 31:13

For I hear the whispering of many-- terror on every side!-- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.

Psalm 83:4

They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!"

Isaiah 7:6-7

"Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,"

Isaiah 8:9-10

Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered.

Jeremiah 11:18-19

The LORD made it known to me and I knew; then you showed me their deeds.

Ezekiel 11:2

And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;

Matthew 2:8

And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him."

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

Matthew 21:46

And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

Matthew 26:4-5

and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Matthew 27:63-64

and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.'

Matthew 28:2-6

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

Acts 4:17-18

But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name."

Acts 5:27-28

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,

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