Proud and wicked people make evil plans.\par And they hurt poor people.\par
Psalm 21:11 - Easy To Read Version Why? Because those people planned\par bad things against you, Lord.\par They planned to do bad things,\par but they didn’t succeed.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they intended evil against thee: They imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they planned evil against You; they conceived a mischievous plot which they are not able to perform. American Standard Version (1901) For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform. Common English Bible Because they sought to do you harm, they devised a wicked plan—but they will fail! Catholic Public Domain Version I have been thrown upon you from the womb; from the womb of my mother, you are my God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou art my God, |
Proud and wicked people make evil plans.\par And they hurt poor people.\par
Destroy my enemy completely.\par Let the next generation remove his name\par from everything.\par
Why are the people from other nations\par so angry?\par Why are they making foolish plans?\par
I hear the terrible things people say about me.\par Those people turned against me.\par They plan to kill me.\par
My enemies are not really making plans for peace.\par They are secretly making plans\par to do bad things to the peaceful people\par in this country.\par
The enemies are saying,\par “Come, let us destroy them completely.\par Then no person will ever again\par remember the name ‘Israel’.”\par
Then \{God\} spoke to me. He said, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [95]} these are the men who make evil plans for this city. These men always tell the people to do bad things.
Herod {\cf2\super [29]} saw that the wise men had fooled him. Herod was very, very angry. So Herod gave an order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time \{the baby was born\}. It was now two years from that time. So Herod said to kill all the boys that were two years old and younger.
Then Herod sent the wise men to Bethlehem. Herod said to the wise men, “Go and look carefully to find the new baby. When you find the baby, come tell me. Then I can go worship him too.”
They wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid of the people, because the people believed that Jesus was a prophet. {\cf2\super [304]}