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Psalm 55:10–11

10 Day and night they prowll about on its walls;

malice and abuse are within it.

11 Destructive forcesm are at work in the city;

threats and liesn never leave its streets.

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Psalm 55:10–11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

10 Day and night they go around it

on its walls,

and iniquity and trouble are within it;

11 ruin is in its midst;

oppression and fraud

do not depart from its marketplace.

Psalm 55:10–11 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:

Mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof:

Deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Psalm 55:10–11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

10 Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders,

but the real danger is wickedness within the city.

11 Everything is falling apart;

threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.

Psalm 55:10–11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 Day and night they go around it on its walls;

Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.

11 Destruction is in its midst;

Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.

Psalm 55:10–11 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 Day and night they are all around its walls,

and evil and trouble are everywhere inside.

11 Destruction is everywhere in the city;

trouble and lying never leave its streets.

Psalm 55:10–11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:

Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof:

Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

Psalm 55:10–11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it. 11 Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

Psalm 55:10–11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 Day and night they go around on ⸤top of⸥ the city walls. 

Trouble and misery are everywhere. 

11 Destruction is everywhere. 

Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.

Psalm 55:10–11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 day and night they make the rounds on its walls.

Crime and trouble are within it;

11 destruction is inside it;

oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.

Psalm 55:10–11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 Day and night they go around it

on its walls,

and iniquity and trouble are within it;

11 ruin is in its midst;

oppression and fraud

do not depart from its marketplace.

Psalm 55:10–11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10 Day and night they go around it on its walls,

and iniquity and trouble are in its midst.

11 Destruction is within it,

and oppression and deceit

do not depart from its public square.

Psalm 55:10–11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 Day and night they prowl around on top of its walls.

The city is full of crime and trouble.

11 Forces that destroy are at work inside it.

Its streets are full of people who cheat others and take advantage of them.

Psalm 55:10–11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

10 Day and night they go around her upon her walls,

And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.

11 Destruction is in her midst;

Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.


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