Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?
New American Standard Bible
That you may murder him, all of you,
Like a
King James Version
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
Holman Bible
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?
International Standard Version
How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
A Conservative Version
How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may kill, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
American Standard Version
How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him , all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Amplified
How long will you attack a man
So that you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Bible in Basic English
How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?
Julia Smith Translation
How long will ye set upon a man? ye will kill all of you: as a wall inclining, a wall thrust down.
King James 2000
How long will you imagine evil against a man? you shall be slain all of you: as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
How long will you attack a man? All of you will be shattered like a leaning wall, a tottering fence.
Modern King James verseion
How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You will shatter him, all of you; you shall be like a bowing wall and a tottering fence.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? Ye shall be slain, all of the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.
NET Bible
How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.
New Heart English Bible
How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
The Emphasized Bible
How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, - Like a wall that bulgeth, - a fence pushed in!
Webster
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
World English Bible
How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Youngs Literal Translation
Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 62:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trust In God Alone
2 He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved. 3 How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence? 4 They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3
And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long dost thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 16:28
And Jehovah said to Moses, How long do ye refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
1 Samuel 26:10
And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish.
Psalm 4:2
Ye sons of men, till when is my glory to be put to shame? How long will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.
Psalm 21:11
For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
Psalm 38:12
And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
Psalm 73:18-20
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Psalm 82:2
How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.
Psalm 140:2
Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Proverbs 6:9
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Isaiah 30:13-14
therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a towering wall, whose breaking shall come suddenly in an instant.
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Hosea 7:15
I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.
Matthew 17:17
And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.