“How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? ye shall be slaine all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.
- King James Version
How long will you assail a man, That you may murder {him,} all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay `him', all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
- American Standard Version (1901)
How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?
- Basic English Bible
How long will ye assail a man; will ye [seek], all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?
- Darby Bible
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
- Webster's Bible
How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
- World English Bible
Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(62:4) How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, as a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 62:3
62:3 Ye - Mine enemies; to whom now he turns his speech. Against - Against me, a man like yourselves, whom common humanity obliges you to pity.