Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Though they have {plotted} evil against you, [though] they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail.
New American Standard Bible
And
They will not succeed.
King James Version
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Holman Bible
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.
International Standard Version
Though they plot evil against you and devise schemes, they will not succeed.
A Conservative Version
For they intended evil against thee. They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
American Standard Version
For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Amplified
For they planned evil against You;
They devised a [malevolent] plot
And they will not succeed.
Bible in Basic English
For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
Darby Translation
For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
Julia Smith Translation
For they stretched out evil upon thee: they purposed a device, they will not prevail.
King James 2000
For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous act, which they are not able to perform.
Modern King James verseion
For they intended evil against You; they imagined a wicked thing; they are not able to prevail.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.
NET Bible
Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
New Heart English Bible
For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
The Emphasized Bible
For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.
Webster
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
World English Bible
For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
Youngs Literal Translation
For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 21:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The King's Victory
10 You will destroy their {offspring} from [the] earth, and their {descendants} from among [the] children of humankind. 11 Though they have {plotted} evil against you, [though] they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail. 12 For you will {turn them to flight}; you will aim [arrows] on your bowstrings at their faces.
Cross References
Psalm 2:1
Why are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain?
Psalm 10:2
In arrogance [the] wicked persecutes [the] poor. Let them be caught in [the] schemes that they devised,
Psalm 31:13
For I hear [the] rumor of many, "Terror on every side!" When conspiring together against me, they have plotted to take my life.
Psalm 35:20
For they do not speak peace, but against [the] quiet [ones] of [the] land they plan deceitful words.
Psalm 83:4
They say, "Come, let us annihilate them from [being] a nation, so that the name of Israel will be remembered no more."
Isaiah 7:6-7
"Let us go up against Judah and let us tear her apart, {and let us lay it open and so bring it unto ourselves}, and let us install the son of Tabeel [as] king in her midst."
Isaiah 8:9-10
Be broken, [you] peoples, and be dismayed. And listen, all distant [parts of the] earth; gird yourselves and be dismayed; gird yourselves and be dismayed!
Jeremiah 11:18-19
Moreover, Yahweh let [it be] made known to me, and I knew. Then you showed me their deeds.
Ezekiel 11:2
And he said to me, "Son of man, these [are] the men {who devise mischief}, and [who are] offering bad counsel in this city,
Matthew 2:8
And he sent them to Bethlehem [and] said, "Go, inquire carefully concerning the child, and when you have found [him], report to me so that I also may come [and] worship him."
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.
Matthew 21:46
and [although they] wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they looked upon him as a prophet.
Matthew 26:4-5
and plotted in order that they could arrest Jesus by stealth and kill [him].
Matthew 27:63-64
saying, "Sir, we remember that [while] that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise.'
Matthew 28:2-6
And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came up [and] rolled away the stone and sat down on it.
Acts 4:17-18
But in order that it may not spread much [further] among the people, let us warn them to speak no more in this name {to anyone at all}."
Acts 5:27-28
And [when they] had brought them, they made [them] stand in the Sanhedrin, and the high priest put a question to them,