Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.

New American Standard Bible

The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.

King James Version

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Holman Bible

The wicked person schemes against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him.

International Standard Version

The wicked person plots against the righteous, and grinds his teeth at him.

A Conservative Version

The wicked man plots against the righteous man, and gnashes upon him with his teeth.

American Standard Version

The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Amplified


The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.

Bible in Basic English

The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

Darby Translation

The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust one meditated against the just, and gnashed upon him with his teeth.

King James 2000

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes upon him with his teeth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] wicked plans [evil] against the righteous, and gnashes at him [with] his teeth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly layeth wait for the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

NET Bible

Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

New Heart English Bible

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

The Emphasized Bible

Plotting is the lawless one, against the just, and gnashing upon him with his teeth.

Webster

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

World English Bible

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

Youngs Literal Translation

The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 37:12

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the overflowing of peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth. 13 Jehovah laughs at him; for He sees that his day is coming.

Cross References

Psalm 35:16

with the hypocrites, mockers, for a cake, they gnashed on me with their teeth.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who plot wickedness and prepare evil on their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

1 Samuel 18:21

And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a trap to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. And Saul said to David a second time, Today you shall be my son-in-law.

1 Samuel 23:7-9

And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hands, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

2 Samuel 15:10-12

But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the ram's horn, then you shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron!

Esther 3:6

And he scorned to lay hands only on Mordecai, for they had revealed to him the people of Mordecai. And Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

Psalm 31:13

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; because of their plottings together against me, they planned to take away my life.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

Daniel 8:12

And an army was given to him against the daily sacrifice because of transgression, and it cast the truth to the ground. And it worked and succeeded.

Daniel 8:24

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power. And he shall destroy marvelously, and shall prosper and work, and destroy the mighty and the holy people.

Matthew 26:4

And they consulted so that they might take Jesus by guile and kill Him.

Matthew 26:16

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

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