Psalms 140:5

In 11 translations

BSB

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

KJV

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

WEB

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

ASV

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. [Selah

LSV

The proud hid a snare for me—and cords, || They spread a net by the side of the path, || They have set snares for me. Selah.

YLT

The proud hid a snare for me — and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

DBY

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

DRC139:6

The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

GNV

The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.

JPS140:6

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah

LXXE139:6

The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause.

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Original-language editions

WLC140:6

טָֽמְנֽוּ־גֵאִ֨ים ׀ פַּ֡ח לִ֗י וַחֲבָלִ֗ים פָּ֣רְשׂוּ רֶ֭שֶׁת לְיַד־מַעְגָּ֑ל מֹקְשִׁ֖ים שָֽׁתוּ־לִ֣י סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.140.5

LXX-Br139:6

Ἔκρυψαν ὑπερήφανοι παγίδα μοι· καὶ σχοινία διέτειναν παγίδας τοῖς ποσί μου, ἐχόμενα τρίβου σκάνδαλον ἔθεντό μοι· διάψαλμα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
• Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
• Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
• Psalms 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
• Psalms 141:9–10Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
• Psalms 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
• Psalms 123:3–4Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
• Luke 20:20–23So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor. “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know…
• Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
• Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
• Psalms 10:4–12In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God. He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes. He says to himself, “I will…
• Psalms 119:69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
• Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
• Psalms 31:4You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
• Luke 11:53–54As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things, waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
• Job 18:9A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

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