Psalm 140:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the way side; They have set gins for me. Selah

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ 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

Common English Bible

⁵ Arrogant people have laid a trap for me with ropes. They’ve spread out a net alongside the road. They’ve set snares for me. Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head. For my prayer will still be toward their good will.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased:

Psalm 140:5 Cross References

Job 18:9

A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.

Psalm 119:110

The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet went I not astray from thy precepts.

Psalm 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

Psalm 119:85

The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not after thy law.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.

Psalm 31:4

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my strong hold.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 43:1

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; Thy soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

Proverbs 24:15

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Spoil not his resting place:

Proverbs 29:5

A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his steps.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy fury from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.