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The Perils of the Pilgrim

Psalms 10:2

In 11 translations

BSB
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
KJV
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.The wicked…: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute
WEB
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
ASV
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
LSV
Through the pride of the wicked, || Is the poor inflamed, || They are caught in schemes that they devised.
YLT
Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
DBY
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
DRC9:23
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
GNV
The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
JPS
Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.
LXXE9:23
While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.Gr. inflamed, as in a fever.

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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
בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ ׀ בִּמְזִמּ֖וֹת ז֣וּ חָשָֽׁבוּ׃
LXX-Br9:23
Ἐν τῷ ὑπερηφανεύεσθαι τὸν ἀσεβῆ, ἐμπυρίζεται ὁ πτωχὸς, συλλαμβάνονται ἐν διαβουλίοις οἷς διαλογίζονται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
  • Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
  • Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
  • Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
  • Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
  • Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
  • Isaiah 10:12–13So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. For he says: ‘By 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
  • Psalms 119:69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
  • Psalms 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
  • Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
  • Jeremiah 43:2Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
  • Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
  • Psalms 119:5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
  • Psalms 9:15–16The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
  • Exodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 9:23 in some Bibles
  • 10:2 in most Bibles

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