Psalm 12:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ The wrong walk around on every side, When worthlessness 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

sons of fools, even sons without a name, they have been whipped out of the land.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lying words, All his servants become wrong.

Daniel 11:21

“And in his place shall arise a despised one, to whom they shall not give the excellency of the rule. But he shall come in peaceably, and seize the rule by flatteries.

Hosea 5:11

“Ephrayim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he walked after the command when it pleased him.

Micah 6:16

“For the laws of Omri are strictly observed, and all the works of the house of Aḥab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I give you for a ruin, and your inhabitants for a hissing, and let you bear the reproach of My people.”