Psalm 21:11
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Thoughכִּי־
(ki-)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
they intendedנָט֣וּ
(na·tu)
5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, benda prim. root
evil 
 
7463a: evil, misery, distress, injuryfrom the same as roa
againstעָלֶ֣יךָ
(a·lei·cha)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
You [And] devisedחָֽשְׁב֥וּ
(cha·she·vu)
2803: to think, accounta prim. root
a plot,מְ֝זִמָּ֗ה
(me·zim·mah)
4209: purpose, discretion, devicefrom zamam
They will not succeed.יוּכָֽלוּ׃
(yu·cha·lu.)
3201: to be able, have powera prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
For they intended
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
against thee they imagined
chashab  (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
a mischievous device
mzimmah  (mez-im-maw')
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity) -- (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
which they are not able
yakol  (yaw-kole')
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
to perform
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed.

King James Bible
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though they intend to harm you 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.

NET Bible
Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because they prayed evil against you and they have conceived a scheme and they were not able to do it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Although they scheme and plan evil against you, they will not succeed.

King James 2000 Bible
For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous act, which they are not able to perform.
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