NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon For lo the wickedrasha` (raw-shaw') morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. bend darak (daw-rak') to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending) -- archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk. their bow qesheth (keh'-sheth) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris -- arch(-er), + arrow, bow(-man, -shot). they make ready kuwn (koon) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications their arrow chets (khayts) a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear upon the string yether (yeh'-ther) an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free) that they may privily 'ophel (o'fel) dusk -- darkness, obscurity, privily. bmow (bem-o') in, with, by, etc. -- for, in into, through. shoot yarah (yaw-raw') to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach at the upright yashar (yaw-shawr') straight -- convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness). in heart leb (labe) the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. King James Bible For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. Holman Christian Standard Bible For look, the wicked string the bow; they put the arrow on the bowstring to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. International Standard Version Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart. NET Bible For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because, behold, sinners have drawn the bow and readied their arrows upon the string to shoot in thick darkness at the upright hearts GOD'S WORD® Translation Wicked people bend their bows. They set their arrows against the strings to shoot in the dark at people whose motives are decent. King James 2000 Bible For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart. Links Psalm 11:2Psalm 11:2 NIV Psalm 11:2 NLT Psalm 11:2 ESV Psalm 11:2 NASB Psalm 11:2 KJV |