Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises mischief by decree?

King James Version

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

Holman Bible

Can a corrupt throne—
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?

International Standard Version

Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?

A Conservative Version

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?

American Standard Version

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

Amplified


Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

Bible in Basic English

What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

Darby Translation

Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

Julia Smith Translation

Shall the throne of mischief be joined together with thee forming labor upon the law?

King James 2000

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Can there be allied with you a throne of destruction, one that forms trouble based on statute?

Modern King James verseion

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by a law?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wilt thou have anything to do with the stool of wickedness, which imagineth mischief as a law?

NET Bible

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

New Heart English Bible

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

The Emphasized Bible

Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?

Webster

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

World English Bible

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

Youngs Literal Translation

Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּסּה כּסּא 
Kicce' 
Usage: 135

יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 62

References

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul. 20 Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises mischief by decree?
21 They gather themselves together as an army against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent blood.

Cross References

Psalm 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work iniquity; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Amos 6:3

Ye that put far away the evil day and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Isaiah 10:1

Woe unto those that establish unrighteous laws and that wilfully prescribe tyranny

1 Samuel 22:12

And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

1 Kings 12:32

Then Jeroboam ordained a solemnity in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the solemnity that was celebrated in Judah; and he sacrificed upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made. He also ordered in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

2 Chronicles 6:14-16

and said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven nor in the earth who keeps covenant and shows mercy unto thy slaves that walk before thee with all their hearts;

Esther 3:6-12

And he thought it a small matter to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for now they had declared unto him the people of Mordecai; therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

Psalm 50:16

But unto the wicked God saith, What part hast thou to declare my statutes or that thou should take my covenant in thy mouth?

Psalm 52:1

Why dost thou boast of evil, O strong man? The mercy of God is day by day.

Psalm 82:1

God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And moreover I saw under the sun that instead of judgment, there was wickedness; and instead of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou seest violence unto the poor and the extortion of rights and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for height is looking upon height; and there is one higher than they.

Isaiah 1:11-20

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.

Jeremiah 7:4-11

Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD are these.

Daniel 3:4-7

Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

Daniel 6:7-9

All the presidents of the kingdom, magistrates, governors, great ones, and captains have agreed in common accord to promote a royal decree and to confirm it that whoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

Micah 6:16

For the statutes of Omri have been kept and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye have walked in their counsels that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

John 9:22

These words spoke his parents because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone did confess that he was the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

John 11:57

Now both the high priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that if anyone knew where he was he should show it, that they might take him.

John 18:28

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment, and it was early; and they themselves did not go into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the passover.

1 John 1:5-6

This then is the promise which we have heard of him and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Revelation 13:15-17

And it was given unto him to endue the image of the beast with spirit, so that the image of the beast should speak, and he shall cause those that do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

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