KJV King James Version
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.
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Psalm 62:3
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
WEB World English Bible
How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
ASV American Standard Version
How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.
Surrounding context — Psalm 62
1 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation.
2 He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.
6 He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved.
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Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?Psalm 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.Psalm 140:2Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.Exodus 16:28And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?Psalm 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].Isaiah 30:13-14Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?Psalm 38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.Psalm 4:2O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.Hosea 7:15Though I have bound [and] strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.Psalm 73:18-20Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.1 Samuel 26:10David said furthermore, [As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
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