Parallel Verses

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.

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 The meek (gentle) (mild) (humble) will inherit the earth and will delight in the abundance 0f peace. 12 The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 Jehovah laughs at him, for he sees that his day will come.

Cross References

Psalm 35:16

With godless and abusive mockers, they grit their teeth at me.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).

1 Samuel 18:21

He said to himself: I will give Michal to David. I will use her to trap him. The Philistines will kill him. So for the second time Saul said to David: You will be my son-in-law.

1 Samuel 23:7-9

When Saul was told that David went to Keilah, Saul said: God has delivered him into my hands. He has trapped himself by going into a city which has a gate with a double door held shut by a bar.

2 Samuel 15:10-12

He sent messengers to all the tribes of Israel. He told them: When you hear the sound of trumpets, shout: 'Absalom is king in Hebron!'

Esther 3:6

But it was not enough for him to attack Mordecai only. They made clear to him who Mordecai's people were. So Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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 37:32

The wicked spies upon the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Daniel 8:12

The host was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through transgression. It cast down truth to the ground, and whatever it wanted to do and prospered.

Daniel 8:24

He will be mighty, but not by his own power. He will destroy excessively (cause great devistation) and will prosper and do anything he wants to do. He will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.

Matthew 26:4

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

Matthew 26:16

He continued to seek opportunity to turn him over to them.

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