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Psalm 64:5

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5gThey encourage themselves in an evil ||matter:

They commune †of laying snares privily;

hThey say, Who shall see them?

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Footnotes

  1. gSo Jer. 23:14. Ezek. 13:22.
  2. ||Or, speech. So ver. 3 (Heb.).
  3. †Heb. to hide snares. So Ps. 140:5. & 141:9. Comp. Prov. 1:11.
  4. hSee Job 22:13.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They hold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of laying snares secretly,

thinking, “Who can see them?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They encourage each other in evil plans,

they talk about hiding their snares;

they say, “Who will see it?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They adopt an evil plan;

they talk about hiding traps and say,

“Who will see them?”

NLTNew Living Translation

They encourage each other to do evil

and plan how to set their traps in secret.

“Who will ever notice?” they ask.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They encourage themselves in the evil matter.

They talk of secretly laying snares.

They say, “Who will see them?”