Psalm 7:14
New International Version
Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

New Living Translation
The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.

English Standard Version
Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

King James Bible
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

New King James Version
Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.

New American Standard Bible
Behold, an evil person is pregnant with injustice, And he conceives harm and gives birth to lies.

NASB 1995
Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.

NASB 1977
Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief, and brings forth falsehood.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.

Amplified Bible
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin, And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.

Christian Standard Bible
See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil, conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil, conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.

American Standard Version
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because the evil one is corrupt and has conceived lies and has given birth to evil,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.

Contemporary English Version
An evil person is like a woman about to give birth to a hateful, deceitful, and rebellious child.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.

English Revised Version
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
See how that person conceives evil, is pregnant with harm, and gives birth to lies.

Good News Translation
See how wicked people think up evil; they plan trouble and practice deception.

International Standard Version
But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.

Literal Standard Version
Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, | And he has conceived perverseness, | And has brought forth falsehood.

Majority Standard Bible
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

New American Bible
Consider how one conceives iniquity; is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to deception.

NET Bible
See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies--

New Revised Standard Version
See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies.

New Heart English Bible
Look, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

World English Bible
Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, he travaileth with iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.

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Context
I Take Refuge in You
13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. 14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. 15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.…

Cross References
James 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit."

Psalm 5:9
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

Psalm 140:2
who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

Isaiah 33:11
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.


Treasury of Scripture

Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Job 15:20,35
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor…

Isaiah 33:11
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

Isaiah 59:4,5
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity…

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Psalm 7
1. David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence
10. By faith he sees his defense, and the destruction of his enemies














(14) Behold, he travaileth.--The poet's thought recurs to the calumniator, whose sin has deserved all this Divine wrath, and he sees the truth that God's judgments are not arbitrary, but follow naturally on sin as its consequence. The verb "travaileth" gives the general figure, which is elaborated in the two clauses which describe the stages of conception and pregnancy. (For the image, comp. Job 15:35.)

Verse 14. - Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood (comp. Job 15:35; Isaiah 59:4). The "falsehood" intended is probably the bringing of false charges against David (see vers. 3-5).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Behold,
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

[the wicked man] travails
יְחַבֶּל־ (yə·ḥab·bel-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain

with evil;
אָ֑וֶן (’ā·wen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol

he conceives
וְהָרָ֥ה (wə·hā·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2029: To conceive, become pregnant

trouble
עָ֝מָ֗ל (‘ā·māl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

and births
וְיָ֣לַד (wə·yā·laḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

falsehood.
שָֽׁקֶר׃ (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood


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