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Brenton's Septuagint

Psalms 37:12

The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gnashing of Teeth;   Teeth;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Gnashing of Teeth;   Plotting;   Righteous-Wicked;   Teeth, Gnashing of;   Wicked, the;   Wickedness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gnashing of Teeth;   Patience;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Estate;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gnashing of Teeth ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gnash;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Optimism and Pessimism;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 9;   Every Day Light - Devotion for January 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The wicked person schemes against the righteousand gnashes his teeth at him.
Hebrew Names Version
The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
King James Version
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
English Standard Version
The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him,
New Century Version
The wicked make evil plans against good people. They grind their teeth at them in anger.
New English Translation
Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
Amplified Bible
The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth.
New American Standard Bible
The wicked plots against the righteous, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
World English Bible
The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
Legacy Standard Bible
The wicked schemes against the righteousAnd gnashes at him with his teeth.
Berean Standard Bible
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
Contemporary English Version
Merciless people make plots against good people and snarl like animals,
Complete Jewish Bible
The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds his teeth at him;
Darby Translation
The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
Easy-to-Read Version
The wicked plan bad things for those who are good. They show their teeth in anger at them.
George Lamsa Translation
The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
Good News Translation
The wicked plot against good people and glare at them with hate.
Lexham English Bible
The wicked plans evil against the righteous, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
Literal Translation
The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes on him with his teeth;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The vngodly layeth wayte for the iust, & gna?sheth vpon him wt his tethe.
American Standard Version
The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Bible in Basic English
The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.
King James Version (1611)
The wicked plotteth against the iust, and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The vngodly busieth his head [all] against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.
English Revised Version
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A synnere schal aspie a riytful man; and he schal gnaste with hise teeth on hym.
Update Bible Version
The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes on him with his teeth.
Webster's Bible Translation
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
New King James Version
The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
New Living Translation
The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance.
New Life Bible
The sinful man plans against him who is right with God. And he grinds his teeth at him.
New Revised Standard
The wicked plot against the righteous, and gnash their teeth at them;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Plotting is the lawless one, against the just, and gnashing upon him with his teeth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-12) The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.
Revised Standard Version
The wicked plots against the righteous, and gnashes his teeth at him;
Young's Literal Translation
The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.
THE MESSAGE
Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth.

Contextual Overview

7 Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds. 8 ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil. 9 For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land. 10 And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find it. 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him. 13 But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come. 14 Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, and to slay the upright in heart. 15 Let their sword enter into their own heart, and their bows be broken. 16 A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 37:32, 1 Samuel 18:21, 1 Samuel 23:7-9, 2 Samuel 15:10-12, Esther 3:6, Matthew 26:4, Matthew 26:16

plotteth: or, practiseth, Daniel 8:12, Daniel 8:24, Micah 2:1

gnasheth: Psalms 35:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:41 - then Genesis 37:18 - conspired Genesis 39:16 - General 1 Samuel 18:29 - yet the 1 Samuel 19:15 - Bring him 2 Samuel 16:20 - Give counsel 2 Kings 6:13 - spy where Nehemiah 6:2 - Come Nehemiah 6:10 - Let us meet Job 16:9 - he gnasheth Psalms 7:16 - General Psalms 34:21 - they Psalms 37:9 - inherit Psalms 112:10 - gnash Isaiah 54:15 - shall fall Lamentations 2:16 - gnash Daniel 6:4 - sought Habakkuk 1:13 - the wicked Matthew 5:10 - are Matthew 22:13 - there Mark 6:21 - when Mark 6:24 - The head Luke 19:43 - the days John 8:40 - now Acts 5:33 - took 2 Timothy 3:12 - shall 1 John 3:12 - And Revelation 12:13 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 33:18
And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city.
Genesis 37:1
And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach.
Genesis 37:25
And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ismaelitish travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
Genesis 37:31
And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The wicked plotteth against the just,.... Forms schemes to make him uneasy, uncomfortable, and unhappy:

and gnasheth upon him with his teeth: which expresses his malice and hatred, as David's enemies did upon him, Psalms 35:16; and Stephen's, Acts 7:54.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The wicked plotteth against the just - Margin, “practiceth.” The Hebrew word means to plot; to lie in wait; to plan; to purpose; to devise. See Psalms 31:13. The meaning is, that wicked people lay their plans against the righteous, but that they will not be able to carry them out, or accomplish them, for they will be cut off, and the Lord will protect His friends.

And gnasheth upon him with his teeth - An expression of rage or anger. See the notes at Psalms 35:16.


 
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