Psalm 140:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.

New Living Translation
LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. Interlude

English Standard Version
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah

Berean Study Bible
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

New American Standard Bible
“Do not grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not bring about his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah

NASB 1995
"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

NASB 1977
“Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, lest they be exalted. Selah.

Amplified Bible
“Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not further their evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

Christian Standard Bible
LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let them achieve their goals. Otherwise, they will become proud. Selah

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let them achieve their goals. Otherwise, they will become proud. Selah

Contemporary English Version
Don't let the wicked succeed in doing what they want, or else they might never stop planning evil.

Good News Translation
LORD, don't give the wicked what they want; don't let their plots succeed.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O LORD, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, [or] they will become arrogant. [Selah]

International Standard Version
Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude

NET Bible
O LORD, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

New King James Version
Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not further his wicked scheme, Lest they be exalted. Selah

King James 2000 Bible
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

New Heart English Bible
LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

World English Bible
Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

American King James Version
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

American Standard Version
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah

A Faithful Version
O LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not further their wicked plots, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Darby Bible Translation
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.

English Revised Version
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah

Webster's Bible Translation
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. Selah.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Graunt not vnto the vngodly his desires O God: bryng not to passe his mischeuous imagination lest they shoulde be made to proude. Selah.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Let not ye vngodly haue his desyre (o LORDE) let him not haue his purpose, lest they be to proude.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do not grant, O YHWH, the desires of the wicked, "" Do not bring forth his wicked scheme, "" They are high. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou wilt not give, O Jehovah, the desires of the unjust one: thou wilt not bring forth his device; they will be lifted up. Silence.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

Catholic Public Domain Version
O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
LORD JEHOVAH, do not grant the lust of the evil man and do not exalt his plot for my head.

Lamsa Bible
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not their wicked devices; let them not accomplish their purpose.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.
















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