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Psalms 140:5

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— 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.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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 Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side; they have set gins for me. [Selah]
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side: they have set gins for me. Selah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. [Selah.]
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. Selah.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The proude haue hid a snare for me and cords, they haue spread a net by the way side: they haue set grinnes for me. Selah.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The proud have hid a snare for me; the cords of their net have they spread over my paths; they have set a trap for me.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes [for] snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The proud 1343
{1343} Prime
גֵּאֶה
ge'eh
{gay-eh'}
From H1342; lofty; figuratively arrogant.
have hid 2934
{2934} Prime
טָמַן
taman
{taw-man'}
A primitive root; to hide (by covering over).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
a snare 6341
{6341} Prime
פַּח
pach
{pakh}
From H6351; a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina).
for me, and cords; 2256
{2256} Prime
חֶבֶל
chebel
{kheh'-bel}
From H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin.
they have spread 6566
{6566} Prime
פָּרַשׂ
paras
{paw-ras'}
A primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
a net 7568
{7568} Prime
רֶשֶׁת
resheth
{reh'-sheth}
From H3423; a net (as catching animals).
by the wayside; 3027
{3027} Prime
יָד
yad
{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
4570
{4570} Prime
מַעְגָּל
ma`gal
{mah-gawl'}
From the same as H5696; a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular).
they have set 7896
{7896} Prime
שִׁית
shiyth
{sheeth}
A primitive root; to place (in a very wide application).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
gins 4170
{4170} Prime
מוֹקֵשׁ
mowqesh
{mo-kashe'}
From H3369; a noose (for catching animals), (literally or figuratively); by implication a hook (for the nose).
for me. Selà סֶלָה. 5542
{5542} Prime
סֶלָה
celah
{seh'-law}
From H5541; suspension (of music), that is, pause.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 140:2-5.


Psalms 140:5

_ _ snare [and] net — for threatening dangers (compare Psalms 38:12; Psalms 57:6).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 140:1-7.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
The proud:

Psalms 10:4-12 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts. ... Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Psalms 17:8-13 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, ... Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
Psalms 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalms 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalms 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.
Psalms 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
Psalms 119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.
Psalms 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Psalms 123:3-4 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. ... Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.
Psalms 141:9-10 Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. ... Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Psalms 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Proverbs 29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jeremiah 18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.
Jeremiah 18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Luke 11:53-54 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: ... Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Luke 20:20-23 And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. ... But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
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