Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
To shoot down the blameless one in secret things: suddenly they will shoot, and they will not be 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.
Holman Bible
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.
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.
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 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, they bent their arrows a bitter word: 4 To shoot down the blameless one in secret things: suddenly they will shoot, and they will not be afraid. 5 They will strengthen to themselves an evil word: they will recount to hide snares; they said, Who shall see them
Cross References
Psalm 55:19
God will hear and he will humble them, and he dwelt of old. Silence. With whom no changes to them and they feared not God.
1 Samuel 18:11
And Saul will lift up the spear, and say, I will strike against David into the wall And David will flee from before him twice.
1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul will seek to strike the spear into David and even into the wall: and he will slip away from the face of Saul, and he will strike the spear into the wall: and David fled, and he will escape in that night
2 Samuel 15:14
And David will say to all his servants which are with him in Jerusalem, Arise, and we will flee, for escape will not be to us from the face of Absalom: hasten to go lest he shall hasten to hedge us in, and thrust evil upon us, and smite the city with the mouth of the sword.
Nehemiah 4:11
And our adversaries will say, They shall not know, and they shall not see, till that we shall come to their midst and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
Psalm 10:8-9
Sitting in ambush of the enclosures: in hiding-places he will slay the innocent: his eyes will be hid to the afflicted.
Psalm 11:2
For behold, the unjust will bend the bow, they prepared their arrow upon the cord, they will shoot in darkness the upright of heart
Psalm 59:3-4
For behold, they lay in wait for my soul: the strong will gather against me; not my transgression and not my sin, O Jehovah.
Psalm 64:7
God shall be exalted; their blows were the arrow of the simple.
Habakkuk 3:14
Thou didst pierce with rods the head of the leader: they will rush on as a tempest to scatter me their exultation as to devour the poor in secret
John 19:6
When therefore the chief priests and attendants saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify. Pilate says to them, Take ye him, and crucify; for I find no fault in him.
1 Peter 2:22-23
Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth: