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Psalms 11:2

Psalms chapter 11 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

Context

v.1In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;

v.2This passage

v.3If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 21:12

    For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

  • Acts 23:12

    And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

  • 1 Samuel 18:21

    And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

  • Psalms 7:12

    If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;

  • Psalms 64:10

    The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him; And all the upright in heart shall glory.

  • Psalms 10:8

    He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.