Psalms 37:32

Bible in Basic English

The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The wicked one lies in wait for the righteousand intends to kill him;

Hebrew Names Version
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

King James Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

English Standard Version
The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

New Century Version
The wicked watch for good people so that they may kill them.

New English Translation
Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

Amplified Bible
The wicked lies in wait for the righteous And seeks to kill him.

New American Standard Bible
The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him.

World English Bible
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to kill him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Legacy Standard Bible
The wicked spies upon the righteousAnd seeks to put him to death.

Berean Standard Bible
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

Contemporary English Version
The wicked try to trap and kill good people,

Complete Jewish Bible
The wicked keeps his eye on the righteous, seeking a chance to kill him.

Darby Translation
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:

Easy-to-Read Version
The wicked are always looking for ways to kill good people.

George Lamsa Translation
The wicked lies in wait for the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

Good News Translation
Wicked people watch good people and try to kill them;

Lexham English Bible
The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Literal Translation
The wicked spies on the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The lawe of his God is in his hert, therfore shal not his fotesteppes slyde.

American Standard Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

King James Version (1611)
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh [occasion] to slay hym.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

English Revised Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A synnere biholdith a iust man; and sekith to sle hym.

Update Bible Version
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him.

Webster's Bible Translation
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

New King James Version
The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him.

New Living Translation
The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them.

New Life Bible
The sinful lie in wait for the man who is right with God, and want to kill him.

New Revised Standard
The wicked watch for the righteous, and seek to kill them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-32) The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

Revised Standard Version
The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

THE MESSAGE
Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him.

Contextual Overview

²¹ The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others. ²² Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off. ²³ The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way. ²⁴ Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him. ²⁵ I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread. ²⁶ All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing. ²⁷ Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever. ²⁸ For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off. ²⁹ The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever. ³⁰ The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

watcheth: Psalms 37:12, Psalms 10:8-10, Jeremiah 20:10, Luke 6:7, Luke 11:54, Luke 14:1, Luke 19:47, Luke 19:48, Luke 20:20, Acts 9:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:18 - conspired Genesis 39:16 - General 1 Samuel 18:11 - And David 1 Samuel 23:14 - but God 1 Samuel 24:2 - and went 2 Kings 6:13 - spy where Nehemiah 6:2 - they thought Esther 5:14 - he caused Psalms 41:2 - thou wilt not Psalms 56:6 - mark Psalms 59:3 - they Psalms 71:10 - lay wait for Psalms 116:15 - Precious Psalms 119:95 - wicked Psalms 124:2 - when men Psalms 140:4 - Keep me Proverbs 24:15 - Lay Jeremiah 11:19 - and I Jeremiah 18:23 - thou Daniel 6:4 - sought Daniel 6:11 - assembled Habakkuk 1:13 - the wicked Mark 3:2 - General Luke 4:29 - that John 8:40 - now Acts 5:33 - took Acts 12:7 - the angel Acts 12:19 - sought for him Acts 23:15 - that he Acts 25:3 - laying Acts 26:17 - Delivering

Cross-References

Genesis 37:3
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.

Genesis 37:20
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

Genesis 37:23
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;

Luke 15:30
But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The wicked watcheth the righteous,.... All his motions and steps, his works and actions; he watches for his halting, and to take all opportunities and advantages against him; see Jeremiah 20:10;

and seeketh to slay him; murder his reputation, destroy his substance, and take away his life: some understand it of the devil, who watches the saints, observes their failings, accuses then, before the throne, and seeks to devour them, 1 Peter 5:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The wicked watcheth the righteous ... - Observes closely; looks out for him; has his eye on him, seeking an opportunity to slay him. See the notes at Psalms 10:8-9. The sense is, that the wicked are the enemies of the righteous, and seek to do them wrong. It is a characteristic of the wicked that they seek to destroy the righteous. This was manifested in the case of the prophets; in the case of the apostles; in the case of the Saviour; and it has been so manifest in the deaths of the martyrs, and all the persecutions which the Church has suffered, as to justify the general declaration that it is one of the characteristics of a wicked world that it desires to do this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:32. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. — Similar to what is said Psalms 37:8: "The wicked plotteth against the righteous." But it is added, Psalms 37:33: "The Lord will not leave him in his hands;" he will confound his devices, and save his own servants.