Psalm 140:8
Parallel Translations


NASB: "Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his [evil] device, [that] they [not] be exalted. Selah. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: O LORD, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, [or] they will become arrogant. [Selah] (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
ASV: Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah
BBE: O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
DBY: Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.
JPS: Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah
WBS: Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
WEB: Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
YLT: Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

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