Psalms 94:20

What does Psalms 94:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 94:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Is a throne of mischief joined <FI>with<Fi> Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

Context

v.19In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.

v.20This passage

v.21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 1:11

    What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

  • Psalms 52:1

    Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.

  • Isaiah 10:1

    Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

  • 1 Kings 12:32

    And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.

  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • Psalms 82:1

    God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods.

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