Parallel Verses
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.
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?
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?
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 62:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trust In God Alone
2 Only -- He is my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved. 3 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. 4 Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3
And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,
Exodus 16:28
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws?
1 Samuel 26:10
And David saith, 'Jehovah liveth; except Jehovah doth smite him, or his day come that he hath died, or into battle he go down, and hath been consumed --
Psalm 4:2
Sons of men! till when is my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.
Psalm 21:11
For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,
Psalm 38:12
And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.
Psalm 73:18-20
Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Psalm 82:2
Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
Psalm 140:2
Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars.
Proverbs 1:22
'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 6:9
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
Isaiah 30:13-14
Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh.
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?
Hosea 7:15
And I instructed -- I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!
Matthew 17:17
And Jesus answering said, 'O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'