Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live;

New American Standard Bible

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;

King James Version

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Holman Bible

Wicked man, don’t set an ambush,
at the camp of the righteous man;
don’t destroy his dwelling.

A Conservative Version

Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.

American Standard Version

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

Amplified


Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;

Bible in Basic English

Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

Darby Translation

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not lay wait, O wicked one, against the dwelling of the just one; thou shalt not destroy his resting place:

King James 2000

Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not lie in wait [like] an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence [to] his dwelling place.

Modern King James verseion

Wicked one, do not lie in ambush at the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Lay no privy wait wickedly upon the house of the righteous, and disquiet not his resting place.

NET Bible

Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

New Heart English Bible

Do not lie in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place:

The Emphasized Bible

Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous, - neither destroy thou his place of rest;

Webster

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place:

World English Bible

Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

Youngs Literal Translation

Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Lay not wait
ארב 
'arab 
Usage: 42

O wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

of the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׁדד 
Shadad 
Usage: 57

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

14 Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short. 15 Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live; 16 for though a righteous man falls seven times, he will rise again, but the wicked stumble into calamity.



Cross References

1 Samuel 9:11

As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women going out to draw water, and they told them, "Is the seer here?"

1 Samuel 22:18-19

Then the king told Doeg, "You turn and attack the priests." Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who carry the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 23:20-23

Now, your majesty, whenever you want to come down, come down, and our part will be to hand him over to the king."

Psalm 10:8-10

They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked stalks the righteous person, seeking to kill him,

Psalm 56:6

They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.

Psalm 59:3

Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.

Psalm 140:5

The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

Proverbs 22:28

Don't remove an ancient boundary stone that was set up by your ancestors.

Isaiah 32:18

My people will live in peaceful dwellings, in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.

Jeremiah 11:19

I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I didn't know that they had devised schemes against me. They told themselves, "Let's destroy the tree with its fruit. Let's eliminate him from the land of the living, so his name won't be remembered again."

Matthew 26:4

They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.

Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to him. They were even watching the gates day and night to murder him,

Acts 23:16

But the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, so he came and got into the barracks and told Paul.

Acts 25:3

and asking Festus to have Paul brought to Jerusalem as a favor. They were laying an ambush to kill him on the road.

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