Psalm 37:32
Strong's Lexicon
Though the wicked
רָ֭שָׁע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

lie in wait
צוֹפֶ֣ה (ṣō·w·p̄eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6822: 1) to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch 1a)(Qal) to keep watch, spy 1b) (Piel) to watch, watch closely

for the righteous,
לַצַּדִּ֑יק (laṣ·ṣad·dîq)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

and seek
וּ֝מְבַקֵּ֗שׁ (ū·mə·ḇaq·qêš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1245: 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to seek to find 1a2) to seek to secure 1a3) to seek the face 1a4) to desire, demand 1a5) to require, exact 1a6) to ask, request 1b) (Pual) to be sought

to slay them,
לַהֲמִיתוֹ׃‪‬ (la·hă·mî·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him;

New American Standard Bible
The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him.

King James Bible
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, intent on putting them to death;

New Living Translation
The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them.

English Standard Version
The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

New American Standard Bible
The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him.

King James Bible
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him;

International Standard Version
The wicked stalks the righteous person, seeking to kill him,

NET Bible
Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

American Standard Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

English Revised Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Young's Literal Translation
The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
















Cross References
Genesis 37:18
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Psalm 10:8
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

Psalm 17:11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

Psalm 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Psalm 109:16
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Daniel 6:11
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

Psalm 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Psalm 37:29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Psalm 37:33
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
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