Psalms 21:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.”

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BSBPD

“Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 21:11 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  2. Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
  3. Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
  4. Psalms 35:20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
  5. Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
  6. Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
  7. Isaiah 7:6‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
  8. Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
  9. Jeremiah 11:18And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
  10. Ezekiel 11:2And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
  11. Matthew 2:8And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
  12. Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
  13. Matthew 21:46Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
  14. Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
  15. Matthew 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
  16. Matthew 28:2Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
  17. Acts 4:17But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
  18. Acts 5:27They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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