KJV King James Version
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
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Psalm 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
WEB World English Bible
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
ASV American Standard Version
Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
Surrounding context — Psalm 10
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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Job 38:15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.Psalm 37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.Zephaniah 1:12And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.Psalm 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.Ezekiel 30:21-22Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.Zechariah 11:17Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.Jeremiah 2:34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.Psalm 3:7Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.Ezekiel 23:48Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.2 Kings 21:12-15Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I [am] bringing [such] evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
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