KJV King James Version
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.
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Psalm 11:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
WEB World English Bible
For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
ASV American Standard Version
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforהִנֵּ֪הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdהָרְשָׁעִ֡יםH7563 · ra.sahwickedיִדְרְכ֬וּןH1869 · da.rakhto treadקֶ֗שֶׁתH7198 · qe.shetbowכּוֹנְנ֣וּH3559 · kunto establish: prepareחִצָּ֣םH2671 · chetsarrowעַל־H5921 · aluponיֶ֑תֶרH3499 · ye.terremainderלִיר֥וֹתH3384 · ya.rato shootבְּמוֹ־H1119 · be.moin/at/byאֹ֝֗פֶלH652 · o.pheldarknessלְיִשְׁרֵי־H3477 · ya.sharuprightלֵֽב׃H3820 · levheart
Cross-references
Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.Psalm 21:12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.Psalm 37:14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.Psalm 64:3-5Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:Psalm 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.Psalm 64:10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.Psalm 94:15But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.Psalm 10:2The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.Psalm 10:8-9He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.Matthew 26:4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].Psalm 32:11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.Psalm 7:10My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart.Psalm 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.1 Samuel 23:9And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.Psalm 7:12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.1 Samuel 18:21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in [the one of] the twain.Psalm 125:4Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and to [them that are] upright in their hearts.Acts 23:12-15And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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