Psalms 64:5
What does Psalms 64:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 64:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
KJV
King James Version · 1611They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; holy is thy temple,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 8:12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.
- Psalms 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?
- Job 22:13
And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
- Matthew 23:15
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.
- Psalms 124:7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
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