Verse List for PSA 11:2

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B I ◄ ← Psa 11:2 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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OET (OET-RV) Because, look, wicked people are getting their bows ready. ⇔ They’ve got their arrows lined up on the strings ⇔ to shoot at the godly people in the darkness.

OET-LV If/because the_foundations they_will _be _torn _down the_righteous what does _he _do.

SLBL For look! The wicked people are about to bend the bow. They have put their arrows in place on the string in order to shoot in deep darkness at the upright in heart. ‡

ULT For behold, the wicked, they bend a bow; ⇔ they have set their arrow on the string ⇔ to shoot in the darkness at the upright of heart.

UST because wicked people have hidden in the darkness. ⇔ They have pulled back their bowstrings and aimed their arrows ⇔  to shoot them at godly people like you.

BSB & MSB For behold, the wicked bend [their] bows. ⇔ They set their arrow on the string ⇔  to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

OEB ⇔  ‘See! The wicked are bending the bow, ⇔  their arrow is set on the string, ⇔  to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

WEBBE & WMBB For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. ⇔  They set their arrows on the strings, ⇔  that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

NET For look, the wicked prepare their bows, ⇔ they put their arrows on the strings, ⇔ to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

LSV For behold, the wicked bend a bow,
They have prepared their arrow on the string,
To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

FBV Look, the wicked are drawing their bows, loading them with arrows ready to shoot from the shadows at good people.

T4T because wicked people have hidden in the darkness, ⇔ they have pulled back their bowstrings and aimed their arrows ⇔  to shoot them at godly/righteous [IDM] people like you.

LEB • For look: The wicked string the bow .[fn]
• They have fitted their arrow to the string,
• to shoot from the darkness
• at the upright of heart.

BBE See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

Moff Look, impious men bend their bow, ⇔  their arrow is on the string, ⇔  to shoot in the dark at the upright!

JPS For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

ASV For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, ⇔ They make ready their arrow upon the string, ⇔ That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

DRA Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.

YLT For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Drby For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

RV For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

SLT For behold, the unjust will bend the bow, they prepared their arrow upon the cord, they will shoot in darkness the upright of heart.

Wbstr For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

KJB-1769 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.[fn]
(For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily/secretly shoot at the upright in heart.)

KJB-1611 For loe, the wicked bende their bow, they make ready their arrow vpon the string: that they may [fn]priuily shoote at the vpright in heart.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps For lo, the vngodly haue bende their bowe: and nocked their arrowes with the string, redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart.
(For lo, the ungodly have bend their bow: and nocked their arrows with the string, ready to shoot privily/secretly at them which are upright in heart.)

Gnva For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.
(For lo, the wicked bend their bow, and make ready their arrows upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at them, which are upright in heart.)

Cvdl For lo, the vngodly haue bet their bowe, and made redy their arowes in the quyuer: that they maye priuely shute at them, which are true of herte.
(For lo, the ungodly have bet their bow, and made ready their arrows in the quiver: that they may privily/secretly shoot at them, which are true of heart.)

Wycl Lord, make thou me saaf, for the hooli failide; for treuthis ben maad litle fro the sones of men.
(Lord, make thou/you me safe, for the holy failed; for truthis been made little from the sons of men.)

Luth Denn siehe, die GOttlosen spannen den Bogen und legen ihre Pfeile auf die Sehne, damit heimlich zu schießen die Frommen.
(Because see/look, the godless_one(s) tension/stretch the bow and place their/her arrows on/in/to the tendon/string, with_it/so_that secretly to/for shoot(v) the pious/devout_(one).)

ClVg [Salvum me fac, Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus, quoniam diminutæ sunt veritates a filiis hominum.[fn]
([Safe me do, Master, since/because failed holy, since/because diminutæ are with_truths from to_the_children of_men.)

UHB כִּ֤י הִנֵּ֪ה הָ⁠רְשָׁעִ֡ים יִדְרְכ֬וּ⁠ן קֶ֗שֶׁת כּוֹנְנ֣וּ חִצָּ֣⁠ם עַל־יֶ֑תֶר לִ⁠יר֥וֹת בְּמוֹ־אֹ֝֗פֶל לְ⁠יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃ ‡

BrLXX Σῶσον με Κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος, ὅτι ὠλιγώθησαν αἱ ἀλήθειαι ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

BrTr Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for [fn]truth is diminished from among the children of men.