Why do the heathen rage, And the people imagine a vain thing?
WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?
Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Why do the nations rant? Why do the peoples rave uselessly?
Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
Why have the Gentiles raged and the people devised vain things?