Psalm 10:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

New Living Translation
The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.

English Standard Version
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Berean Study Bible
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

New American Standard Bible
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

NASB 1995
In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

NASB 1977
In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Amplified Bible
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Christian Standard Bible
In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Contemporary English Version
Proud and brutal people hunt down the poor. But let them get caught by their own evil plans!

Good News Translation
The wicked are proud and persecute the poor; catch them in the traps they have made.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.

International Standard Version
The wicked one arrogantly pursues the afflicted, who are trapped in the schemes he devises.

NET Bible
The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

New King James Version
The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

King James 2000 Bible
The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

New Heart English Bible
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

World English Bible
In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

American King James Version
The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

American Standard Version
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

A Faithful Version
The wicked in his pride pursues the poor; let them be taken in the schemes that they have imagined,

Darby Bible Translation
The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

English Revised Version
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Webster's Bible Translation
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore: but euery one of them shalbe taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Whyle ye vngodly hath the ouer hande, the poore must suffre persecucion: O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Through the pride of the wicked, "" Is the poor inflamed, "" They are caught in schemes that they devised.

Young's Literal Translation
Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

Smith's Literal Translation
In the pride of the unjust he will burn the poor: they shall be taken in the devices that they purposed.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

Catholic Public Domain Version
While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
In the wicked man's pride he consumes the poor; they will be caught in the mind set which they have contrived.

Lamsa Bible
The pride of the wicked maketh the poor to suffer; let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, They are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
















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