Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.
New American Standard Bible
To cast down the
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King James Version
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Holman Bible
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.
International Standard Version
The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct.
A Conservative Version
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill such as are upright in the way.
American Standard Version
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
Amplified
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].
Bible in Basic English
The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.
Darby Translation
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in the way:
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust let loose the sword, and they bent their bow; they cast down the poor and needy, to slaughter the upright of way.
King James 2000
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright behavior.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] wicked have drawn [the] sword and have bent their bow to throw down [the] poor and [the] needy, to kill [those] upright in [their] way.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who walk uprightly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the simple and poor, and to slay such as are of a right conversation.
NET Bible
Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.
New Heart English Bible
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.
The Emphasized Bible
A sword, have the lawless, drawn out, and have trodden their bow, - To bring down the oppressed and the needy, To slaughter the upright in life:
Webster
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of upright deportment.
World English Bible
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.
Devotionals
Devotionals about Psalm 37:14
Devotionals containing Psalm 37:14
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
13 The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh. 14 A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way. 15 Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.
Cross References
Psalm 11:2
For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Proverbs 29:27
An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!
1 Samuel 24:11
'And, my father, see, yea see the skirt of thine upper robe in my hand; for by cutting off the skirt of thy upper robe, and I have not slain thee, know and see that there is not in my hand evil and transgression, and I have not sinned against thee, and thou art hunting my soul to take it!
1 Samuel 24:17
And he saith unto David, 'More righteous thou art than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil;
Psalm 35:10
All my bones say, 'Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'
Psalm 64:2-6
Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 29:10
Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.
Habakkuk 1:13
Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,
Matthew 23:30-34
and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Acts 7:52
which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,
Acts 12:2-3
and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,
Acts 12:11
And Peter having come to himself, said, 'Now I have known of a truth that the Lord did sent forth His messenger, and did deliver me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews;'
Acts 12:23
and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.
1 John 3:12
not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.