Psalm 21:11 “Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.”

Psalm 21:11

Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.

Darby Translation

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

Young's Literal Translation

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

Bible in Basic English

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

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Cross references

“imagined”

Psalm 10:2 Psalm 2:1 Psalm 31:13 Psalm 35:20 Ezekiel 11:2 Matthew 21:46

Psalm 10:2 · BSB

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

Psalm 2:1 · BSB

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 31:13 · BSB

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Psalm 35:20 · BSB

For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

Ezekiel 11:2 · BSB

And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

Matthew 21:46 · BSB

Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

“are not”

Matthew 2:16 Matthew 28:2–6 Psalm 83:4 Matthew 2:8 Isaiah 7:6 Isaiah 7:7

Matthew 2:16 · BSB

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had le…

Matthew 28:2–6 · BSB

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

Psalm 83:4 · BSB

saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Matthew 2:8 · BSB

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

Isaiah 7:6 · BSB

‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

Isaiah 7:7 · BSB

But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.

12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

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