Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

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.

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; his goings shall not slide. 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him: 33 Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Cross References

Psalm 10:8-10

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching if he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find something of which to accuse him.

Luke 11:54

watching 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 rulers, who was of the Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that they were watching him.

Luke 19:47-48

And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Luke 20:20

And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

Acts 9:24

But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him;

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