Parallel Verses

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

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

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 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.


Cross References

Psalm 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; 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 them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

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

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed 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; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

Esther 3:6-12

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

Psalm 50:16

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

Psalm 52:1

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Psalm 82:1

{A Psalm of Asaph.} God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

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

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Isaiah 1:11-20

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

Jeremiah 7:4-11

Trust ye not 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 an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

Daniel 6:7-9

All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

Micah 6:16

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

John 9:22

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

John 11:57

Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew 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 went not 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 message 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 he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain