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Psalm 53:5

5 There they were in great 1fear awhere no 1fear had been;

For God bscattered the bones of 2him who encamped against you;

You cput them to shame, because dGod had rejected them.

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Psalm 53:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,

where there was nothing to dread.

God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;

you put them to shame, for God despised them.

Psalm 53:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

There they are, in great terror,

where there is no terror!

For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;

you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

Psalm 53:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

There were they in great fear, where no fear was:

For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee:

Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Psalm 53:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Terror will grip them,

terror like they have never known before.

God will scatter the bones of your enemies.

You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

Psalm 53:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

There they are in great fear

Where no fear was,

For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you;

You have put them to shame,

Because God has despised them.

Psalm 53:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

The wicked are filled with terror

where there had been nothing to fear.

God will scatter the bones of your enemies.

You will defeat them,

because God has rejected them.

Psalm 53:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

There were they in great fear, where no fear was;

For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee:

Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.

Psalm 53:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame, for God hath despised them.

Psalm 53:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

There they are—panic-stricken— 

⸤but⸥ there was no reason to panic, 

because God has scattered the bones 

of those who set up camp against you. 

You put them to shame. 

After all, God has rejected them. 

Psalm 53:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Then they will be filled with terror—

terror like no other —

because God will scatter

the bones of those who besiege you.

You will put them to shame,

for God has rejected them.

Psalm 53:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

There they shall be in great terror,

in terror such as has not been.

For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly;

they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.

Psalm 53:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

There they are very fearful

where no fear had been,

because God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you.

You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

Psalm 53:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Just look at them! They are filled with terror

even when there is nothing to be afraid of!

People of Israel, God will scatter the bones of those who attack you.

You will put them to shame, because God hates them.


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