Verse Comparison: Psalms 2:1
American Standard Version
Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Amplified® Bible
WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?
Contemporary English Version
Why do the nations plot, and why do their people make useless plans?
Darby English Version
Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Good News Bible
Why do the nations plan rebellion? Why do people make their useless plots?
King James Version
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
New American Standard Bible
Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing?
New International Version
Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
New King James Version
Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Why do the nations become embroiled in an uproar And the peoples devise a vain thing?
Revised Standard Version
Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain?
Young's Literal Translation
Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?