Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and prowling around the city.
New American Standard Bible
And go around the city.
King James Version
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
International Standard Version
At night they return like howling dogs; they prowl around the city.
A Conservative Version
They return at evening. They howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
American Standard Version
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the city.
Amplified
They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs,
And go [prowling] around the city.
Bible in Basic English
They come back in the evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.
Darby Translation
They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
Julia Smith Translation
They will turn back at evening: they will make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city.
King James 2000
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They return at evening; they howl like dogs while they prowl [the] city.
Modern King James verseion
They return at evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go around the city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let them go to and fro, and run about the city, howling like dogs.
NET Bible
They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.
New Heart English Bible
They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.
The Emphasized Bible
They return at evening, They grow like a dog, And go round the city.
Webster
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go about the city.
World English Bible
They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.
Youngs Literal Translation
They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
5
rise up to punish all the nations;
do not show grace to any wicked traitors.
and prowling around the city.
sharp words from
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”
Cross References
Psalm 59:14
and prowling around the city.
1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning.
Psalm 22:16
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced