Devine Scripture

Psalms 64:5

Psalms chapter 64 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

Context

v.4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

v.5This passage

v.6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

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;