5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.


In Context

2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

6 I said to the LORD, You are my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

Psalm 140:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

140:5Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

140:5the proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side; they have set gins for me. Selah

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side: they have set gins for me. Selah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

140:5The proud hid a snare for me — and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.