Psalms 140:5 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

English ASV

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah

English Amplified

The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me; they spread a net along the path and set snares for me. Selah

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

English EASY 2024

Proud people have prepared a trap to catch me. They have put their nets across my path.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

These proud people are trying to trap me. They spread nets to catch me; they set traps in my path. Selah

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The proud have set a trap for me; they have laid their snares, and along the path they have set traps to catch me.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Arrogant people have laid a trap for me. They have spread out a net with ropes. They have set traps for me along the road. Selah

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me; they spread a net along the path and set snares for me. Selah

English KJV 1611

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

English LSB

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net; by the wayside they have set traps for me. Selah

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Keep me, LORD, from the clutches of the wicked; preserve me from the violent, who plot to trip me up.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Proud people have hidden their traps to catch me. They have spread out their nets. They have set traps for me along my path. Selah

English NIV

Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. Selah

English NKJ 1982

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me.

English NLT

The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

They are proud and insolent; they’ve set an ambush for me in secret. They are determined to snare me in their net like captured prey.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

These proud men have set a trap to catch me, a noose to yank me up and leave me dangling in the air; they wait in ambush with a net to throw over and hold me helpless in its meshes.

English Tyndale 1537

The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.

Psalms 140:5 — Compare Translations