Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground.
New American Standard Bible
They set their eyes
King James Version
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Holman Bible
They are determined
to throw me to the ground.
A Conservative Version
They have now encompassed us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast down to the earth.
American Standard Version
They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
Amplified
They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to force us to the ground,
Darby Translation
They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
We went straight, now they surrounded us: their eyes they will set to incline to the earth;
King James 2000
They have now surrounded us in our steps: they have set their eyes, crouching down to the earth;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now they surround us at our [every] step. They {intend} {to pin} [me] to the ground.
Modern King James verseion
they have now hemmed in our steps, they have set their eyes to bow me to the earth,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They lie waiting in our way on every side, watching to cast us down to the ground,
NET Bible
They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.
New Heart English Bible
They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
As for our own goings, now, have they surrounded us, - Their eyes, they fix, bending to the earth:
Webster
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
World English Bible
They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 17:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
In The Shadow Of Your Wings
10 They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth. 11 Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground. 12 Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26
Saul went on one side of the mountain while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul while Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
1 Samuel 24:2-3
Saul took 3,000 of his best troops from all over Israel, and he went to look for David and his men in the direction of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
1 Samuel 26:2-3
So Saul rose and went down with 3,000 select men of Israel to the Wilderness of Ziph, to look for David in the Wilderness of Ziph.
Psalm 10:8-10
They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.
Psalm 37:14
The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct.
Psalm 88:17
Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides.
Proverbs 6:13-14
winking with his eyes, making signs with his feet, pointing with his fingers,