Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
That you may murder him, all of you,
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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?
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?
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 saving health; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3
That you may murder him, all of you,
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Cross References
Exodus 10:3
Then Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh and said unto him, Thus hath the LORD God of the Hebrews said, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go that they may serve me.
Exodus 16:28
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
1 Samuel 26:10
David said furthermore, As the LORD lives, if the LORD does not smite him or his day comes to die or he descends into battle and perishes,
Psalm 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after the lie? Selah.
Psalm 21:11
For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a wicked device, but they did not prevail.
Psalm 38:12
Those that seek after my life lay snares for me, and those that seek my hurt speak calamities and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; in desolation thou shalt cause them to fall.
Psalm 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psalm 140:2
Who devise evil in their heart; they are continually gathered together for war.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and the fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Isaiah 30:13-14
Therefore this sin shall be to you as an open wall ready to fall and as a breach in a high defence, whose breaking comes suddenly at an instant.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness that thou may be saved. How long shalt thou entertain the thoughts of thy iniquity within thee?
Hosea 7:15
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet they imagine evil against me.
Matthew 17:17
Then Jesus answered and said, O unfaithful and crooked generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to me.