2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.


In Context

1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Psalm 10:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:2The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:2In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:2Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:2The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.