Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed. New Living Translation Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed. English Standard Version Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed. Berean Standard Bible Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. King James Bible For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. New King James Version For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform. New American Standard Bible Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed. NASB 1995 Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed. NASB 1977 Though they intended evil against Thee, And devised a plot, They will not succeed. Legacy Standard Bible Though they intended evil against You And devised a scheme, They will not succeed. Amplified Bible For they planned evil against You; They devised a [malevolent] plot And they will not succeed. Christian Standard Bible Though they intend to harm you and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail. Holman Christian Standard Bible Though they intend to harm you and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail. American Standard Version For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform. Contemporary English Version All their plans to harm you will come to nothing. English Revised Version For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a device, which they are not able to perform. GOD'S WORD® Translation Although they scheme and plan evil against you, they will not succeed. Good News Translation They make their plans, and plot against him, but they will not succeed. International Standard Version Though they plot evil against you and devise schemes, they will not succeed. Majority Standard Bible Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. NET Bible Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed. New Heart English Bible Though they intend evil against you, devising a wicked scheme, they will not succeed. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor they stretched out evil against You, "" They devised a wicked scheme, they do not prevail, Young's Literal Translation For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not, Smith's Literal Translation For they stretched out evil upon thee: they purposed a device, they will not prevail. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Though they intend evil against you, devising plots, they will not succeed, New Revised Standard Version If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor they have planned evil against you; they conceived a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because they prayed evil against you and they have conceived a scheme and they were not able to do it. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For they intended evil against thee, They imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail. Brenton Septuagint Translation For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context After the Battle…10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men. 11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. 12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.… Cross References Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD. Isaiah 8:10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.” Job 5:12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. Genesis 50:20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people. Nehemiah 4:15 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall. Esther 9:25 But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. Jeremiah 18:12 But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’” 2 Samuel 15:31 Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!” 2 Kings 19:28 Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’ Micah 4:11-12 But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.” / But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. Matthew 27:1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death. Acts 4:25-28 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’ / In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. ... John 11:53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him. Luke 22:2 and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people. Mark 3:6 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. Treasury of Scripture For they intended evil against you: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. imagined Psalm 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? Psalm 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. Psalm 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. are not Psalm 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. Isaiah 7:6,7 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: … Isaiah 8:9,10 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces… Jump to Previous Able Bitter Conceived Design Device Devise Devised Evil Execute Imagined Intended Minds Mischief Mischievous Perform Plan Plot Plotted Prevail Schemes Stretched Succeed Thoughts Wherewith WickedJump to Next Able Bitter Conceived Design Device Devise Devised Evil Execute Imagined Intended Minds Mischief Mischievous Perform Plan Plot Plotted Prevail Schemes Stretched Succeed Thoughts Wherewith WickedPsalm 21 1. A thanksgiving for victory7. with confidence of further success Though they intend You harm This phrase highlights the malicious intent of the enemies against the anointed king, who is a representative of God’s chosen people. The Hebrew root for "intend" is "חָשַׁב" (chashab), which means to think, plan, or devise. This suggests a deliberate and calculated effort to cause harm. Historically, the people of Israel often faced adversaries who plotted against them, yet the psalmist reassures that such intentions, no matter how well-conceived, are ultimately futile against God’s sovereign will. This reflects the broader biblical theme that God protects His anointed and His people from the evil intentions of others. the schemes they devise will not prevail Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thoughכִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they intend נָט֣וּ (nā·ṭū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend You עָלֶ֣יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against harm, רָעָ֑ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil the schemes מְ֝זִמָּ֗ה (mə·zim·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4209: A plan, evil, sometimes good they devise חָֽשְׁב֥וּ (ḥā·šə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2803: To think, account will not בַּל־ (bal-) Adverb Strong's 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest prevail. יוּכָֽלוּ׃ (yū·ḵā·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3201: To be able, have power Links Psalm 21:11 NIVPsalm 21:11 NLT Psalm 21:11 ESV Psalm 21:11 NASB Psalm 21:11 KJV Psalm 21:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 21:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 21:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 21:11 French Bible Psalm 21:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 21:11 For they intended evil against you (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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