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Psalm 10:8
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KJ21
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; in secret places doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are privily set against the poor.
ASV
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 helpless.
AMP
He lurks in ambush in the villages; In hiding places he kills the innocent; He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
AMPC
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he slays the innocent; he watches stealthily for the poor (the helpless and unfortunate).
BRG
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.
CSB
He waits in ambush near settlements; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
CSBA
He waits in ambush near settlements; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
CEB
They wait in a place perfect for ambush; from their hiding places they kill innocent people; their eyes spot those who are helpless.
CJB
He waits near settlements in ambush and kills an innocent man in secret; his eyes are on the hunt for the helpless.
CEV
They hide outside villages, waiting to strike and murder some innocent victim.
DARBY
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
DRA
For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness.
ERV
They hide just outside the villages, waiting to kill innocent people, always looking for any helpless person they can hurt.
EASY
He hides near the villages, so that he can jump out and catch people. He watches in secret to find a weak person that he can kill. He murders people who have done nothing wrong.
EHV
He waits in ambush by the villages. In hidden places he murders the innocent. His eyes are spying on the helpless.
ESV
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
ESVUK
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
EXB
They ·hide [L lie in ambush] near the villages. They ·look for innocent people to kill [murder the innocent; Prov. 1:11]; ·they watch in secret [L their eyes look intently] for the helpless.
GNV
He lieth in wait in the villages; in the secret places doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are bent against the poor.
GW
He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.
GNT
They hide themselves in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They spy on their helpless victims;
HCSB
He waits in ambush near the villages; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
ICB
They hide near the villages. They look for innocent people to kill. They watch in secret for the helpless.
ISV
They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.
JUB
He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
He sits in the places of the villages where one lies in wait; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
LEB
He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills the innocent. His eyes lurk for the helpless.
TLB
They lurk in dark alleys of the city and murder passersby.
MSG
They carry a mouthful of spells, their tongues spit venom like adders. They hide behind ordinary people, then pounce on their victims.
MEV
He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes lurk against the unfortunate.
NOG
He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.
NABRE
They wait in ambush near towns; their eyes watch for the helpless to murder the innocent in secret.
NASB
He sits in the lurking places of the villages; He kills the innocent in the secret places; His eyes surreptitiously watch for the unfortunate.
NASB1995
He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
NCB
He lies in wait near the villages, and from ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.
NCV
They hide near the villages. They look for innocent people to kill; they watch in secret for the helpless.
NET
He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.
NIRV
Sinful people hide and wait near the villages. From their hiding places they murder people who aren’t guilty. They watch in secret for those they want to attack.
NIV
He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
NIVUK
He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
NKJV
He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
NLV
He lies hidden in the towns, waiting to kill those who are not guilty. His eyes are always watching for the weak.
NLT
They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.
NRSVA
They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding-places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
NRSVACE
They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding-places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
NRSVCE
They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
NRSVUE
They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
OJB
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; in the places for ambush doth he murder the naki (innocent); his eyes are secretly set against the poor.
RGT
He lies in wait in the villages. He murders the innocent in the secret places. His eyes are bent against the poor.
RSV
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the hapless,
RSVCE
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the hapless,
TLV
He lies in ambush near villages. In hidden places he slays the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for the helpless.
VOICE
He hides in the shadows of the villages, waiting to ambush and kill the innocent in dark corners. He eyes the weak and the poor.
WEB
He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
WYC
He sitteth in ambushes with rich men in privates; to slay the innocent man. His eyes behold cruelly on the poor man; (He sitteth in ambush in villages; to secretly kill the innocent. His eyes look cruelly upon the poor;)
YLT
He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
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