Psalms 62:3

In 11 translations

BSB

How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

KJV

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

WEB

How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

ASV

How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

LSV

Until when do you devise mischief against a man? All of you are destroyed, || As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

YLT

Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.

DBY

How long will ye assail a man; will ye [seek], all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

DRC61:4

How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence.

GNV

How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shalbe all slaine: ye shalbe as a bowed wall, or as a wall shaken.

JPS62:4

How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, as a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

LXXE61:4

How long will ye assault a man? ye are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge.

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Original-language editions

WLC62:4

עַד־אָ֤נָה ׀ תְּהֽוֹתְת֣וּ עַל אִישׁ֮ תְּרָצְּח֪וּ כֻ֫לְּכֶ֥ם כְּקִ֥יר נָט֑וּי גָּ֝דֵ֗ר הַדְּחוּיָֽה׃KJV:Ps.62.3BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

LXX-Br61:4

Ἕως πότε ἐπιτίθεσθε ἐπʼ ἄνθρωπον; φονεύετε πάντες ὡς τοίχῳ κεκλιμένῳ καὶ φραγμῷ ὠσμένῳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
• Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
• Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
• Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
• Isaiah 30:13–14this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant! It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found.…
• Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
• Exodus 16:28Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
• Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
• Hosea 7:15Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
• Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
• Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
• Proverbs 6:9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
• 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
• Matthew 17:17“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”

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