Psalms 11:2

WEB

²For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

KJV

²For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

BSB

²For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

FBV

²Look, the wicked are drawing their bows, loading them with arrows ready to shoot from the shadows at good people.

Extra References

Psalms 21:12

¹²For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

Psalms 37:14

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.

Jeremiah 9:3

³“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

³who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, ⁴to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. ⁵They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

Psalms 64:10

¹⁰The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

Matthew 26:4

⁴They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him.

Psalms 10:2

²In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

1 Samuel 18:21

²¹Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall today be my son-in-law.”

Psalms 7:12

¹²If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

Psalms 97:11

¹¹Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.