Psalm 140:5 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁵ The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Job 18:9

A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

Psalm 119:110

The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.

Psalm 119:69

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.

Psalm 119:85

The arrogant dig pits to trap me, contrary to your law.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.

Psalm 31:4

Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.

Psalm 35:7

Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,

Psalm 36:11

May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.

Psalm 57:6

They spread a net for my feet – I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path – but they have fallen into it themselves.

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling-place;

Proverbs 29:5

Those who flatter their neighbours are spreading nets for their feet.

Jeremiah 18:18

They said, ‘Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.’

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood before you and spoke on their behalf to turn your wrath away from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.