Psalms 12:9

10 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

The resha'im strut on every side, when the vilest among the Bnei Adam are exalted.

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Croatian Bible

pa nek' se okolo vrzu zlotvori, nek' se izdižu ljudi najgori.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Vůkol a vůkol bezbožní se protulují, když takoví ničemní vyvýšeni bývají mezi syny lidskými.

Danish Bible 1931

De gudløse færdes frit overalt, når Skarn ophøjes blandt Menneskens Børn.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Les méchants se promènent de toutes parts quand la bassesse est élevée parmi les fils des hommes.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Les méchants se promènent de toutes parts, Quand la bassesse règne parmi les fils de l’homme.

German Textbibel

Ringsum wandeln die Gottlosen, wenn Gemeinheit unter den Menschenkindern obenauf kommt.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

Mashi Bible

Abanya-byâha bazungulusire hoshi hoshi, n’obubî bwarhalusire olugero omu bâna b’abantu.

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Hebrew OT (WLC)

סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

Attribution

When was this written?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 1010 BC–400 BC David and many others
The Psalter is a collection assembled over centuries; individual psalms range widely in date.

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Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (1010 BC–400 BC).

1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
Stamped electrum coins of guaranteed weight, an idea that spread across the ancient world within a century.

Psalms 12:9

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Croatian Bible ☆

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

German Textbibel ☆

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

Mashi Bible ☆

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆