The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers.

地上虔诚人灭尽；世间没有正直人；各人埋伏，要杀人流血，都用网罗猎取弟兄。

地上的虔诚人灭尽了，人世间已无正直的人；他们都埋伏，为要流人的血，用罗网猎取自己的弟兄。

地上的虔诚人灭尽了，人世间已无正直的人；他们都埋伏，为要流人的血，用罗网猎取自己的弟兄。

虔敬人已从大地上灭绝，世间再没有正直人。人人伺机杀人流血，用网罗猎取自己的弟兄。

虔敬的人从地上灭绝了，人间也没有正直的人，人人都埋伏着要流人的血，各人都用网罗猎取自己的兄弟。

地上虔誠人滅盡；世間沒有正直人；各人埋伏，要殺人流血，都用網羅獵取弟兄。

地上的虔誠人滅盡了，人世間已無正直的人；他們都埋伏，為要流人的血，用羅網獵取自己的弟兄。

地上的虔誠人滅盡了，人世間已無正直的人；他們都埋伏，為要流人的血，用羅網獵取自己的弟兄。

虔敬人已從大地上滅絕，世間再沒有正直人。人人伺機殺人流血，用網羅獵取自己的弟兄。

虔敬的人從地上滅絕了，人間也沒有正直的人，人人都埋伏著要流人的血，各人都用網羅獵取自己的兄弟。

堅貞之士都從國中滅絕了，人類中都沒有正直的了；人人都埋伏着要流人的血；各人都用網羅獵取弟兄。

虔敬者亡於斯土、正直者泯於人間、皆伏伺以流血、各張網羅、以獵昆弟、

國中虔敬者已亡矣、人間正直者無有矣、眾皆設伏以殺人流血、彼此相陷陷原文作獵於網、彼此相陷於網或作彼此設網互相陷害

The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.

Faithful people have disappeared from the land. Those who are honest are gone. Everyone hides and waits to spill the blood of others. They use nets to try and trap one another.

The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.

Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.

The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among mankind. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.

The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.

The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Godly people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.

The good[ man] is perished out of the earth: and[ there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!

Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come.

“ Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They continually set traps to catch people.

Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Misery and destruction always follow them.

They may say,“ Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!

Only fools say in their hearts,“ There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!The Lord looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one!

My enemies have set a trap for me. I am weary from distress. They have dug a deep pit in my path, but they themselves have fallen into it. Interlude

Their weapons are deadly; their warriors are mighty.

Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them.“ These nets are the gods who have made us rich!” they will claim.Will you let them get away with this forever? Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?

You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption.

As the Scriptures say,“ No one is righteous— not even one.No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God.All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.”“ Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with lies.”“ Snake venom drips from their lips.”“ Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”“ They rush to commit murder.Destruction and misery always follow them.They don’t know where to find peace.”“ They have no fear of God at all.”

Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

Must I die on foreign soil, far from the presence of the Lord? Why has the king of Israel come out to search for a single flea? Why does he hunt me down like a partridge on the mountains?”

The words of the wicked are like a murderous ambush, but the words of the godly save lives.

“ But now I am sending for many fishermen who will catch them,” says the Lord.“ I am sending for hunters who will hunt them down in the mountains, hills, and caves.

We couldn’t go into the streets without danger to our lives. Our end was near; our days were numbered. We were doomed!