Psalm 12:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The wicked walk on every side, When the vilest men are exalted.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The wicked walk or prowl about on every side, as vileness is exalted [and baseness is rated high] among the sons of men.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Common English Bible

⁸ The wicked roam all over the place, while depravity is praised by human beings.

Psalm 12:8 Cross References

Job 30:8

A senseless, a disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Daniel 11:21

In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given; he shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after vanity.

Micah 6:16

For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels; that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of the peoples.”