Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Holman Bible
and seeks to kill him;
International Standard Version
The wicked stalks the righteous person, seeking 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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
31 The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide. 32 A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him. 33 LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 10:8-10
He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man.
Psalm 37:12
The wicked man plots against the righteous man, and gnashes upon him with his teeth.
Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we sha
Luke 6:7
And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.
Luke 11:54
waiting to ambush him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth so that they might accuse him.
Luke 14:1
And it came to pass, when he went into the house of a certain man of the chiefs of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
Luke 19:47-48
And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scholars sought to destroy him, even the foremost men of the people.
Luke 20:20
And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.
Acts 9:24
but their plot was known to Saul. And they watched the gates both day and night so that they might destroy him.