Psalm 10:15
New International Version
Break the arm of the wicked man; call the evildoer to account for his wickedness that would not otherwise be found out.

New Living Translation
Break the arms of these wicked, evil people! Go after them until the last one is destroyed.

English Standard Version
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none.

Berean Standard Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

King James Bible
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

New King James Version
Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

New American Standard Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

NASB 1995
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

NASB 1977
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until Thou dost find none.

Legacy Standard Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

Amplified Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.

Christian Standard Bible
Break the arm of the wicked, evil person, until you look for his wickedness, but it can’t be found.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and evil person; call his wickedness into account until nothing remains of it.

American Standard Version
Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Shatter the arm of the sinner and of the evil; you shall seek his sin and it shall not be found.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

Contemporary English Version
Now break the power of all merciless people. Punish them for doing wrong and make them stop.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

English Revised Version
Break thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Punish his wickedness until you find no more.

Good News Translation
Break the power of wicked and evil people; punish them for the wrong they have done until they do it no more.

International Standard Version
Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; so that when you seek out his wickedness you will find it no more.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Break Thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

Literal Standard Version
Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, | Seek out his wickedness, find none;

Majority Standard Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

New American Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and depraved; make them account for their crimes; let none of them survive.

NET Bible
Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

New Revised Standard Version
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers; seek out their wickedness until you find none.

New Heart English Bible
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

Webster's Bible Translation
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou shalt find none.

World English Bible
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

Young's Literal Translation
Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

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Context
The Perils of the Pilgrim
14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. 15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found. 16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.…

Cross References
Job 38:15
Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Psalm 140:11
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken," declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 30:21
"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.


Treasury of Scripture

Break you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none.

Break

Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Job 38:15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

seek

Psalm 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

2 Kings 21:12-15
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle…

Jeremiah 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

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Psalm 10
1. David complains of the wicked
12. He prays for remedy
16. He professes his confidence














(15) Seek out.--The meaning of the verse is clear, from Psalm 37:36, and Isaiah 41:12, where we see that to seek and not find was a proverb expressing "riddance of evil;" but the construction is difficult. The first clause should end at "wicked," the words "and the evil" being absolute; and the verbs, which are in form either second or third person, should be taken in the second. Translate, and as for the evil man, thou shalt look for his wickedness, and not find it (thou=anybody, which preserves the proverbial tone. So the LXX., "his sin shall be sought, and not be found ").

Verse 15. - Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; i.e. "break thou his strength; take away his ability to work evil to others." Seek out his wickedness till thou find none; rather, require his wickedness. The verb is the same as that used in the last clause of ver. 13. The wicked man had said in his heart, "Thou wilt not require;" the psalmist calls on God, not only to require, but to require to the uttermost. Seek out, be says, require, and bring to judgment, all his wickedness - every atom of it - until even thy searching eye can find no mere to require, requite, and punish.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Break
שְׁ֭בֹר (ḇōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

the arm
זְר֣וֹעַ (zə·rō·w·a‘)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force

of the wicked
רָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

and evildoer;
וָ֝רָ֗ע (wā·rā‘)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

call his wickedness
רִשְׁע֥וֹ (riš·‘ōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7562: Wickedness

into account
תִּֽדְרוֹשׁ־ (tiḏ·rō·wōš-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

until none is left
בַל־ (ḇal-)
Adverb
Strong's 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

to find.
תִּמְצָֽא׃ (tim·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present


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