Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; but I attend unto thy testimonies.

New American Standard Bible

The wicked wait for me to destroy me;
I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.

King James Version

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Holman Bible

The wicked hope to destroy me,
but I contemplate Your decrees.

International Standard Version

The wicked lay in wait to destroy me, while I ponder your decrees.

A Conservative Version

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider thy testimonies.

American Standard Version

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies.

Amplified


The wicked wait for me to destroy me,
But I will consider Your testimonies.

Bible in Basic English

The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust waited for me to destroy me: I shall understand thy testimonies.

King James 2000

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For me [the] wicked [lie in] wait to destroy me. I give attention to your testimonies.

Modern King James verseion

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will think on Your testimonies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly lay wait for me to destroy me, but I consider thy testimonies.

NET Bible

The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

New Heart English Bible

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

The Emphasized Bible

For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.

Webster

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

World English Bible

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Lamed

94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. 95 The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; but I attend unto thy testimonies. 96 I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.


Cross References

1 Samuel 23:20-23

And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.

2 Samuel 17:1-4

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;

Psalm 10:8-10

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

Psalm 27:2

When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:

Psalm 38:12

And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

Psalm 119:24

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

Psalm 119:31

I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.

Psalm 119:61

The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.

Psalm 119:69

The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:85-87

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

Psalm 119:111

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:125

I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

Psalm 119:129

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.

Psalm 119:167

My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.

Matthew 26:3-5

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,

Acts 12:11

And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Acts 23:21

Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.

Acts 25:3

asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

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