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Psalms 21:11

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Though they intended evil against You [And] devised a plot, They will not succeed.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a device, which they are not able to perform.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For they intended euill against thee: they imagined a mischieuous deuice, [which] they are not able [to performe].
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For they have planned evil against you; they conceived a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
they intended 5186
{5186} Prime
נָטָה
natah
{naw-taw'}
A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
evil 7451
{7451} Prime
רָע
ra`
{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun.
against x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
thee: they imagined 2803
{2803} Prime
חָשַׁב
chashab
{khaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to plait or interpenetrate, that is, (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
a mischievous device, 4209
{4209} Prime
מְזִמָּה
m@zimmah
{mez-im-maw'}
From H2161; a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity).
[which] they are not x1077
(1077) Complement
בַּל
bal
{bal}
From H1086; properly a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverbially) not at all; also lest.
able 3201
{3201} Prime
יָכֹל
yakol
{yaw-kole'}
A primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
[to perform].
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 21:11

_ _ This terrible overthrow, reaching to posterity, is due to their crimes (Exodus 20:5, Exodus 20:6).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 21:7-13.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 21:11

Thee — Against God, not directly, but by consequence, because it was against David, whom God had anointed, and against the Lord's people, whose injuries God takes as done to himself.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 21:11

For they (g) intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

(g) They laid as it were their nets to make God's power bend to their wicked enterprises.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
imagined:

Psalms 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms 10:2 The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Psalms 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
Jeremiah 11:18-19 And the LORD hath given me knowledge [of it], and I know [it]: then thou shewedst me their doings. ... But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Ezekiel 11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these [are] the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Matthew 21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
Matthew 26:4-5 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him]. ... But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.
Acts 5:27-28 And when they had brought them, they set [them] before the council: and the high priest asked them, ... Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

are not:

Psalms 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Isaiah 7:6-7 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, [even] the son of Tabeal: ... Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Isaiah 8:9-10 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. ... Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.
Matthew 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Matthew 27:63-64 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. ... Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Matthew 28:2-6 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. ... He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Acts 4:17-18 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. ... And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
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Ps 2:1; 10:2; 31:13; 35:20; 83:4. Is 7:6; 8:9. Jr 11:18. Ezk 11:2. Mt 2:8, 16; 21:46; 26:4; 27:63; 28:2. Ac 4:17; 5:27.

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