Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The wicked watches the righteous, 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,
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 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 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. 33 Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor allow him to be found guilty when he is judged.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 10:8-10
He sits in the hiding-places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the poor.
Psalm 37:12
The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.
Jeremiah 20:10
For I heard the slanders of many, Terror is all around! Expose! Yea, let us expose him! Every man of my peace is watching for my fall, saying, Perhaps he will be lured away, and we shall prevail over him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Luke 6:7
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him to see if He would heal on the sabbath day, so that they might find an accusation against Him.
Luke 11:54
lying in ambush for Him, and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, so that they might accuse Him.
Luke 14:1
And as He went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, it happened that they watched Him.
Luke 19:47-48
And He taught in the temple daily. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy Him.
Luke 20:20
And they watched and sent forth spies, pretending themselves to be righteous men, so that they might seize upon a word of His, that they might deliver Him in this way to the power and authority of the governor.
Acts 9:24
But their plot was known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night in order to kill him.