Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.
New American Standard Bible
Suddenly they shoot at him, and
King James Version
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
International Standard Version
shooting at the innocent from concealment. Suddenly they shoot, fearing nothing.
A Conservative Version
that they may shoot in secret places at a blameless man. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
American Standard Version
That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Amplified
To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];
Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.
Bible in Basic English
So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.
Darby Translation
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Julia Smith Translation
To shoot down the blameless one in secret things: suddenly they will shoot, and they will not be afraid.
King James 2000
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
to shoot from their hiding places [at the] blameless. Suddenly they shoot [at] him and do not fear.
Modern King James verseion
so that they may shoot at the blameless one from a lurking place; suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That they may privily hurt the innocent, and suddenly hit him without any fear.
NET Bible
in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.
New Heart English Bible
to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
The Emphasized Bible
To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.
Webster
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
World English Bible
to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
Youngs Literal Translation
To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
Topics
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 64:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Evildoers
3
and aim bitter words like arrows,
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”
Cross References
Psalm 55:19
will hear and will humiliate themSelah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.
1 Samuel 18:11
and he threw it, thinking, “I’ll pin David to the wall.”
1 Samuel 19:10
and Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear.
2 Samuel 15:14
David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Get up. We have to flee, or we will not escape from Absalom!
Nehemiah 4:11
And our enemies said, “They won’t know or see anything until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.”
Psalm 10:8-9
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
Psalm 11:2
they put the
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Psalm 59:3-4
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.
Psalm 64:7
suddenly, they will be wounded.
Habakkuk 3:14
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
John 19:6
When the chief priests and the temple police saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.”
1 Peter 2:22-23
and no deceit