KJV King James Version
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
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Psalm 11:3
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
WEB World English Bible
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
ASV American Standard Version
If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous—what hath he done?
Surrounding context — Psalm 11
1 To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?
2 For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4 The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.
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Cross-references
Psalm 82:5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.Isaiah 58:12And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.Psalm 75:3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.Acts 4:24-33And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:2 Kings 19:13-18Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?2 Chronicles 32:13-15Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of [other] lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?Nehemiah 6:10-12Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who [was] shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.Daniel 3:15-18Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who [is] that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?Daniel 6:10-28Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.Acts 4:5-12And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,John 11:8-10[His] disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?Jeremiah 26:11-15Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man [is] worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.2 Kings 22:12-14And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king’s, saying,
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