Psalms 140:5
ContextNET © | Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men 1 spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah) |
NIV © | Proud 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 |
NASB © | The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah. |
NLT © | The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude |
MSG © | Stuffed with self-importance, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me. |
BBE © | The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.) |
NRSV © | The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah |
NKJV © | The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me. Selah |
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LXXM | diaqalma {N-NSN} |
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NET © | Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men 1 spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah) |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “and ropes,” but many prefer to revocalize the noun as a participle (חֹבְלִים, khovÿlim) from the verb חָבַל (khaval, “act corruptly”). |