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 children from the earth and their offspring from among the sons of man. 11 Though they intended evil against You
And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.
12 They turn their backs and flee because you aim your bow at their faces.

Cross References

Psalm 2:1

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

Psalm 10:2

The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.

Psalm 31:13

I have heard the whispering of many people, terror on every side, while they made plans together against me. They were plotting to take my life.

Psalm 35:20

They do not talk about peace. Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.

Psalm 83:4

They say: Come and let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

Isaiah 7:6-7

Let us invade Judah. Let us tear it apart and divide it among us. Let us make the son of Tabeel king over Judah.

Isaiah 8:9-10

Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle and be terrified. Prepare for battle and be terrified!

Jeremiah 11:18-19

Jehovah revealed their plot to me so that I would understand. He showed me what they were doing.

Ezekiel 11:2

Jehovah said to me: Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city (Jerusalem).

Matthew 2:8

He sent them to Bethlehem. He said: Search diligently for the young child. When you find him, bring me word so I may come and bow down to him also.

Matthew 2:16

Herod saw that the astrologers tricked him and he was furious. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys two years old and younger in or near Bethlehem. This matched the time he learned from the astrologers.

Matthew 21:46

They wanted to seize him, but feared the people, because the people saw Jesus as a prophet.

Matthew 26:4-5

All of them, using deceit, worked together to capture Jesus and kill him.

Matthew 27:63-64

They said: Sir, we remember while he was yet alive, the deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

Matthew 28:2-6

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, as an angel of God descended from heaven and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

Acts 4:17-18

We must warn these men not to speak about it in order to stop this from spreading further among the people.

Acts 5:27-28

They brought them before the council and the high priest asked them:

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