Psalms 59:11 — Compare Translations

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

Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

English ASV

Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

English Amplified

Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and make them wander to and fro, and bring them down, O Lord our Shield!

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and make them wander to and fro, and bring them down, O Lord our Shield!

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

English EASY 2024

Do not kill them yet, or my people will soon forget. Use your power to send them away without homes. Then make them fall! You are our Lord God, who keeps us safe like a soldier's shield.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Don't just kill them, or my people might forget. My Lord and Protector, scatter and defeat them with your strength.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Do not kill them. Otherwise, my people may forget. Make them wander aimlessly by your power. Bring them down, O Lord, our shield,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget. By Your power, make them homeless wanderers and bring them down, Lord, our shield.

English KJV 1611

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

English LSB

Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Make them wander about by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Do not slay them, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

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

my loving God.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Lord, you are like a shield that keeps us safe. Don't kill my enemies all at once. If you do, my people will forget about it. Use your power to make my enemies wander around. Destroy them.

English NIV

But do not kill them, O Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might make them wander about, and bring them down.

English NKJ 1982

Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

English NLT

Don't kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees, O Lord our shield.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Don’t kill them; stagger them all with a vivid display of power and scatter them with your armies of angels, O mighty God, our protector! Use your awesome power to make them wanderers and vagabonds and then bring them down.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Slay them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Don't kill them—for my people soon forget such lessons—but stagger them with your power and bring them to their knees. Bring them to the dust, O Lord our shield.

English Tyndale 1537

Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad with thy power, and put them down, O Lord my defense.(o LORDE our defence)