Psalms 64:5

In 11 translations

BSB

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

KJV

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?matter: or, speechof…: Heb. to hide his snares

WEB

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

ASV

They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

LSV

They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, || They recount of the hiding of snares, || They have said, “Who looks at it?”

YLT

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

DBY

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

DRC63:6

They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

GNV

They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?

JPS64:6

They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.

LXXE63:6

They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?

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WLC64:6

יְחַזְּקוּ־לָ֨מוֹ ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר רָ֗ע יְֽ֭סַפְּרוּ לִטְמ֣וֹן מוֹקְשִׁ֑ים אָ֝מְר֗וּ מִ֣י יִרְאֶה־לָּֽמוֹ׃KJV:Ps.64.5

LXX-Br63:6

Ἐκραταίωσαν ἑαυτοῖς λόγον πονηρὸν, διηγήσαντο τοῦ κρύψαι παγίδας· εἶπαν, τίς ὄψεται αὐτούς;

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
• Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
• Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the…
• Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
• Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
• Isaiah 41:6Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
• Matthew 26:3–4At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
• 1 Samuel 23:19–23Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon? Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we…
• Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
• Proverbs 1:11–14If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. We will find all manner of precious…
• Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
• Numbers 22:6So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you…
• Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
• Revelation 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

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