Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst,
New American Standard Bible
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
King James Version
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Holman Bible
Crime and trouble are within it;
International Standard Version
Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it.
A Conservative Version
Day and night they go about it, upon the walls of it. Iniquity and mischief also are in the midst of it.
American Standard Version
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
Amplified
Day and night they go around her walls;
Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.
Bible in Basic English
By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.
Darby Translation
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
Julia Smith Translation
Day and night they will surround it upon its walls: and vanity and trouble in her midst
King James 2000
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble [are] in its midst.
Modern King James verseion
They go around her on her walls by day and night; and evil and sorrow are in her midst.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This goeth day and night about the walls; mischief and vice are in the midst of it.
NET Bible
Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.
New Heart English Bible
Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
The Emphasized Bible
Day and night, they go round her, upon her walls, And, trouble and misery, are in her midst;
Webster
Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
World English Bible
Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 55:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Betrayal By A Friend
9 Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city. 10 By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst, 11 Mischiefs are in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11
And Saul sendeth messengers unto the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and Michal his wife declareth to David, saying, 'If thou art not delivering thy life to-night -- tomorrow thou art put to death.'
2 Samuel 16:21-22
And Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, 'Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who are with thee have been strong.'
2 Samuel 17:1-2
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, 'Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,
Psalm 59:6
They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
Psalm 59:14-15
And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.
Isaiah 59:6-15
Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works are works of iniquity, And a deed of violence is in their hands.
Ezekiel 9:4
And He calleth unto the man who is clothed with linen, who hath the scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and Jehovah saith unto him, 'Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Jerusalem, and thou hast made a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and who are groaning for all the abominations that are done in its midst.'
Hosea 7:6
For they have drawn near, As an oven is their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.
Micah 2:1-2
Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.
Zephaniah 3:1-3
Woe to the rebellious and polluted, The oppressing city!
John 18:3
Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons;
John 18:28
They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;
Acts 9:24
and their counsel against him was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,