Psalms 10:2
What does Psalms 10:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 10:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
- Psalms 31:18
Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
- Psalms 59:12
Forthe sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
- Psalms 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
- Jeremiah 43:2
then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
- Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
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