Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
New American Standard Bible
That you may murder him, all of you,
Like a
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.
Holman Bible
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?
A Conservative Version
How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may kill, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
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?
Amplified
How long will you attack a man
So that you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Bible in Basic English
How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?
Darby Translation
How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?
Julia Smith Translation
How long will ye set upon a man? ye will kill all of you: as a wall inclining, a wall thrust down.
King James 2000
How long will you imagine evil against a man? you shall be slain all of you: as a leaning wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
How long will you attack a man? All of you will be shattered like a leaning wall, a tottering fence.
Modern King James verseion
How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You will shatter him, all of you; you shall be like a bowing wall and a tottering fence.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? Ye shall be slain, all of the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.
NET Bible
How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.
New Heart English Bible
How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
The Emphasized Bible
How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you, - Like a wall that bulgeth, - a fence pushed in!
Webster
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.
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?
Youngs 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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 62:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trust In God Alone
2 He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me. 3 How long will you rage against someone? Would you attack him as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering fence? 4 They plan to cast him down from his exalted position. They delight in lies; their mouth utters blessings, while their heart is cursing. Interlude
Cross References
Exodus 10:3
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, "This is what the LORD God of the Hebrews says: "How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so they may serveme.
Exodus 16:28
Then the LORD asked Moses, "How long will you people refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions?
1 Samuel 26:10
As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him down, or his time will come to die, or he will go into battle and perish.
Psalm 4:2
You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false? Interlude
Psalm 21:11
Though they plot evil against you and devise schemes, they will not succeed.
Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.
Psalm 73:18-20
You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.
Psalm 82:2
"How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude
Psalm 140:2
who craft evil plans in their minds, inciting wars every day.
Proverbs 1:22
"You naive ones, how long will you love naivety And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"
Proverbs 6:9
How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?
Isaiah 30:13-14
therefore, for you this sin will become like a breach in a high wall that is about to collapse, bulging out, and whose crash comes suddenly in an instant.
Jeremiah 4:14
Jerusalem, wash your evil from your heart so that you may be delivered. How long will you harbor evil schemes within you?
Hosea 7:15
"Though I have taught them and strengthened their arms, nevertheless they plot evil against me.
Matthew 17:17
Jesus replied, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"