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The LORD Will Not Forget His People

Psalms 94:20

In 11 translations

BSB
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
KJV
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
WEB
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
ASV
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
LSV
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
YLT
Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
DBY
Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
DRC93:20
Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
GNV
Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
JPS
Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?
LXXE93:20
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance?

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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
הַֽ֭יְחָבְרְךָ כִּסֵּ֣א הַוּ֑וֹת יֹצֵ֖ר עָמָ֣ל עֲלֵי־חֹֽק׃
LXX-Br93:20
Μὴ συμπροσέσται σοι θρόνος ἀνομίας, ὁ πλάσσων κόπον ἐπὶ προστάγματι.

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 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
  • Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
  • Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
  • Revelation 13:15–17The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed. And the second beast required all people small and…
  • John 11:57But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
  • Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
  • Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of…
  • Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
  • Daniel 6:7–9All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you,…
  • Daniel 3:4–7Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded: As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must…
  • Esther 3:6–12And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes. In the…
  • Jeremiah 7:4–11Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, if you…
  • John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  • 1 John 1:5–6And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the…
  • Isaiah 1:11–20“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come…
  • Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

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