Parallel Verses
King James Version
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
New American Standard Bible
Do not destroy his resting place;
Holman Bible
at the camp of the righteous man;
don’t destroy his dwelling.
International Standard Version
Don't lie in wait like an outlaw to attack where the righteous live;
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.
Interlinear
Naveh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:11
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
1 Samuel 22:18-19
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 23:20-23
Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
Psalm 10:8-10
He 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.
Psalm 37:32
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psalm 56:6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Psalm 59:3
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Psalm 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Isaiah 32:18
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Matthew 26:4
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
Acts 23:16
And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
Acts 25:3
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.