5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'


In Context

2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.

4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

6 They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

7 And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

Psalm 64:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

64:5They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

64:5They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, "Who will see them ?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

64:5They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

64:5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

64:5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

64:5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

64:5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who will see them?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

64:5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, |Who will see them?|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

64:5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privately; they say, Who shall see them?