Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Holman Bible

The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous
and seeks to kill him;

International Standard Version

The wicked stalks the righteous person, seeking to kill him,

A Conservative Version

A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.

American Standard Version

The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

Amplified


The wicked lies in wait for the righteous
And seeks to kill him.

Bible in Basic English

The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

Darby Translation

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust watches for the just, and seeks to kill him,

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The] wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly watcheth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him.

NET Bible

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:

Webster

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

31 The law of his God is in his heart; therefore none of his steps shall slide. 32 The wicked spies upon the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Cross References

Psalm 10:8-10

He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

Psalm 37:12

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

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard the murmuring of many, fear on every side, Report, and we will report it. All my friends watched to see if I would stumble. Peradventure he will deceive himself, they said, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day, that they might find an accusation against him.

Luke 11:54

laying wait for him and seeking to catch something out of his mouth that they might accuse him.

Luke 14:1

And it came to pass as he went into the house of one of the princes of the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day that they watched him.

Luke 19:47-48

And he taught daily in the temple. But the princes of the priests and the scribes and the principals of the people sought to kill him

Luke 20:20

And they watched him and sent forth spies who feigned themselves just men that they might take hold of him as he was speaking, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

Acts 9:24

but their ambushes were understood by Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

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