Psalm 62:3
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How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
In other translations
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
Hebrew words
עַד־'ad-untilH5704אָנָה׀'anahwhen?H575תְּהוֹתְתוּtehotuwill you attackH2050עַל'alonH5921אִישׁ'isha personH376תְּרָצְּחוּteratzechuyou will be murderedH7523כֻלְּכֶםkhulekhemall of youH3605כְּקִירkekirlike a wallH7023נָטוּיnatuibent downH5186גָּדֵרgadera fenceH1447הַדְּחוּיָה׃hadechuyah<the> pushed downH1760
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
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- Psalm 140:2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
- Isaiah 30:13-1413 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.13 this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant! 14 It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
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- Psalm 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Exodus 16:28And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
- Psalm 4:2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
- Hosea 7:15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
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