Psalms 37:32

Amplified Bible

The wicked lies in wait for the righteous And seeks to kill him.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Christian Standard Bible®
The wicked one lies in wait for the righteousand intends to kill him;

Hebrew Names Version
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

Easy-to-Read Version
The wicked are always looking for ways to kill good people.

American Standard Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

Contemporary English Version
The wicked try to trap and kill good people,

Complete Jewish Bible
The wicked keeps his eye on the righteous, seeking a chance to kill him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

King James Version (1611)
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

English Revised Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Berean Standard Bible
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

Lexham English Bible
The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Literal Translation
The wicked spies on the righteous and seeks to kill him.

New Century Version
The wicked watch for good people so that they may kill them.

New English Translation
Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

New King James Version
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him.

New Living Translation
The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them.

New Life Bible
The sinful lie in wait for the man who is right with God, and want to kill him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-32) The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

George Lamsa Translation
The wicked lies in wait for the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

Good News Translation
Wicked people watch good people and try to kill them;

New American Standard Bible
The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him.

King James Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh [occasion] to slay hym.

New Revised Standard
The wicked watch for the righteous, and seek to kill them.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A synnere biholdith a iust man; and sekith to sle hym.

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

World English Bible
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

Revised Standard Version
The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

Update Bible Version
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him.

Webster's Bible Translation
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Bible in Basic English
The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The lawe of his God is in his hert, therfore shal not his fotesteppes slyde.

THE MESSAGE
Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him.

Legacy Standard Bible
The wicked spies upon the righteousAnd seeks to put him to death.

Contextual Overview

²¹The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives. ²²For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be cut off. ²³The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the LORD, And He delights in his way [and blesses his path]. ²⁴When he falls, he will not be hurled down, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand and sustains him. ²⁵I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned Or his descendants pleading for bread. ²⁶All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing. ²⁷Depart from evil and do good; And you will dwell [securely in the land] forever. ²⁸For the LORD delights in justice And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones); They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off. ²⁹The righteous will inherit the land And live in it forever. ³⁰The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice and truth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

watcheth: Psalms 37:12, Psalms 10:8-10, Jeremiah 20:10, Luke 6:7, Luke 11:54, Luke 14:1, Luke 19:47, Luke 19:48, Luke 20:20, Acts 9:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:18 - conspired Genesis 39:16 - General 1 Samuel 18:11 - And David 1 Samuel 23:14 - but God 1 Samuel 24:2 - and went 2 Kings 6:13 - spy where Nehemiah 6:2 - they thought Esther 5:14 - he caused Psalms 41:2 - thou wilt not Psalms 56:6 - mark Psalms 59:3 - they Psalms 71:10 - lay wait for Psalms 116:15 - Precious Psalms 119:95 - wicked Psalms 124:2 - when men Psalms 140:4 - Keep me Proverbs 24:15 - Lay Jeremiah 11:19 - and I Jeremiah 18:23 - thou Daniel 6:4 - sought Daniel 6:11 - assembled Habakkuk 1:13 - the wicked Mark 3:2 - General Luke 4:29 - that John 8:40 - now Acts 5:33 - took Acts 12:7 - the angel Acts 12:19 - sought for him Acts 23:15 - that he Acts 25:3 - laying Acts 26:17 - Delivering

Cross-References

Genesis 37:3
Now Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a [distinctive] multicolored tunic.

Genesis 37:20
"Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits (cisterns, underground water storage); then we will say [to our father], 'A wild animal killed and devoured him'; and we shall see what will become of his dreams!"

Genesis 37:23
Now when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the [distinctive] multicolored tunic which he was wearing;

Luke 15:30
but when this [other] son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you slaughtered that fattened calf for him!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The wicked watcheth the righteous,.... All his motions and steps, his works and actions; he watches for his halting, and to take all opportunities and advantages against him; see Jeremiah 20:10;

and seeketh to slay him; murder his reputation, destroy his substance, and take away his life: some understand it of the devil, who watches the saints, observes their failings, accuses then, before the throne, and seeks to devour them, 1 Peter 5:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The wicked watcheth the righteous ... - Observes closely; looks out for him; has his eye on him, seeking an opportunity to slay him. See the notes at Psalms 10:8-9. The sense is, that the wicked are the enemies of the righteous, and seek to do them wrong. It is a characteristic of the wicked that they seek to destroy the righteous. This was manifested in the case of the prophets; in the case of the apostles; in the case of the Saviour; and it has been so manifest in the deaths of the martyrs, and all the persecutions which the Church has suffered, as to justify the general declaration that it is one of the characteristics of a wicked world that it desires to do this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:32. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. — Similar to what is said Psalms 37:8: "The wicked plotteth against the righteous." But it is added, Psalms 37:33: "The Lord will not leave him in his hands;" he will confound his devices, and save his own servants.