Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at 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 King James verseion

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on 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.

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 humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. 13 The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Cross References

Psalm 35:16

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work 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

Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, "You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time."

1 Samuel 23:7-9

It was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand; 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 trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron.'"

Esther 3:6

But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai's people.

Psalm 31:13

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

Psalm 37:32

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

Daniel 8:12

The host was given over to it together with the daily sacrifice because of transgression. And it cast down truth to the ground, and kept prospering.

Daniel 8:24

His power shall be great, but not by his own strength; and he shall cause terrible destruction, and shall succeed in whatever he does. And he shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

Matthew 26:4

They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

Matthew 26:16

From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

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