Psalm 56:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down.

New Living Translation
Don’t let them get away with their wickedness; in your anger, O God, bring them down.

English Standard Version
For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

Berean Study Bible
In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

New American Standard Bible
Because of their wickedness, will there be an escape for them? In anger make the peoples fall down, God!

NASB 1995
Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God!

NASB 1977
Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God!

Amplified Bible
Cast them out because of their wickedness. In anger bring down the peoples, O God!

Christian Standard Bible
Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath.

Contemporary English Version
They won't get away with these crimes, God, because when you get angry, you destroy people.

Good News Translation
Punish them, O God, for their evil; defeat those people in your anger!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
With the wrong they do, can they escape? O God, angrily make the nations fall.

International Standard Version
Cast them away because of their wickedness. In wrath, God, cast down these people!

NET Bible
Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

New King James Version
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God!

King James 2000 Bible
Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God.

New Heart English Bible
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

World English Bible
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

American King James Version
Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God.

American Standard Version
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

A Faithful Version
Because of iniquity cast them out. In Your anger cast down the people, O God.

Darby Bible Translation
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

English Revised Version
Shall they escape by iniquity? in anger cast down the peoples, O God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Shall they escape by iniquity; in thy anger cast down the people, O God.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They thinke they shall escape by iniquitie: O God, cast these people downe in thine anger.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Shall they escape for their wickednes? O Lorde in thy displeasure cast downe headlong this people.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But in vayne, for it shal escape the: and why? thou (o God) in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They escape by iniquity, "" In anger put down the peoples, O God.

Young's Literal Translation
By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

Smith's Literal Translation
For nothing is deliverance to them? In anger bring down the peoples, O God.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
for nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God,

Catholic Public Domain Version
They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they said, "There is no Savior for him.” Judge them in the wrath of the nations, oh, God!

Lamsa Bible
He has no deliverer, they have said. Condemn them with the condemnation of the Gentiles.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Because of iniquity cast them out; In anger bring down the peoples, O God.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou wilt on no account save them; thou wilt bring down the people in wrath.
















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