Proverbs 24:15

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

KJV

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

WEB

Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;

ASV

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

LSV

Do not lay wait, O wicked one, || At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting place.

YLT

Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

DBY

Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.

DRC

Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

GNV

Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

JPS

Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous, spoil not his resting-place;

LXXE

Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אַל־תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב רָ֭שָׁע לִנְוֵ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק אַֽל־תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד רִבְצוֹ׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.Marks an anomalous form.

LXX-Br

Μὴ προσαγάγῃς ἀσεβῆ νομῇ δικαίων, μηδὲ ἀπατηθῇς χορτασίᾳ κοιλίας.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
• Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered…
• 1 Samuel 9:11And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
• 1 Samuel 23:20–23Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.” “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me. Please go and…
• Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
• Isaiah 32:18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
• 1 Samuel 22:18–19So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. He also put to the…
• Psalms 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
• Proverbs 22:28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
• Acts 23:16But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
• Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
• Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
• Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
• Psalms 10:8–10He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his…

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