Psalms 55:10

What does Psalms 55:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 55:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness <FI>are<Fi> in its midst,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

Context

v.9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

v.10This passage

v.11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

Cross references

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

  • John 18:3

    Judas then, having received the band of soldiers, and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

  • Psalms 59:6

    They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the city.

  • 2 Samuel 17:1

    Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

  • Hosea 7:6

    For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

  • 1 Samuel 19:11

    And Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.

  • Acts 9:24

    but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:

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