Verse Comparison: Psalms 37:14
American Standard Version
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
Amplified® Bible
The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to cast down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly (blameless in conduct and in conversation).
Contemporary English Version
The wicked kill with swords and shoot arrows to murder the poor and the needy and all who do right.
Darby English Version
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in [the] way:
Good News Bible
The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows to kill the poor and needy, to slaughter those who do what is right;
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow To cast down the afflicted and the needy, To slay those who are upright in conduct.
New International Version
The wicked draw the sword
and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.
New King James Version
The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to cast down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who behave uprightly in conduct.
Revised Standard Version
The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows, to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly;
Young's Literal Translation
A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.