Psalms 10:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Psalms 10:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 10:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 10:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.”

Psalms 10:2 — World English Bible

Psalms 10:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Psalms 10:2 — American Standard Version

Psalms 10:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.”

Psalms 10:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 10:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Psalms 10:2 — Darby Translation

Psalms 10:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.”

Psalms 10:2 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 10:2 in Context — Psalms 10

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.

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What Does Psalms 10:2 Mean?

Psalms 10:2 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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