The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Proverbs 24:15 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Spoil not his resting place: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God); destroy not his resting-place; American Standard Version (1901) Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place: Common English Bible Wicked one, don’t wait secretly at the home of the righteous. Don’t destroy their dwelling. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not lie in wait, and do not seek impiety in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. |
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
and desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
but their laying wait was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?