Other translations
American Standard Version
He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He will be humbled and fall and in his bones is sickness and pain.
Darby Bible Translation
He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall by his strong ones.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
God's Word
[His] victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under [the weight of] his power.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he is oppressed and beaten down; the helpless fall because of his strength.
International Standard Version
The victim is crushed, and he sinks down; the helpless fall by their might.
NET Bible
His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
New American Standard Bible
He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
New International Version
His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.
New Living Translation
Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
Webster's Bible Translation
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
The World English Bible
The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
EasyEnglish Bible
He stamps on the people that he catches, and he knocks them down to the ground. The weak person falls down, because the wicked person is too strong.
Young‘s Literal Translation
He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
New Life Version
The weak are hurt and they fall. They cannot stand under his strength.
The Voice Bible
Quietly crouching, lying low, ready to overwhelm the next by his strength,
Living Bible
The unfortunate are overwhelmed by their superior strength and fall beneath their blows.
New Catholic Bible
He crouches and lies low, and the poor are overwhelmed by his might.
Legacy Standard Bible
He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
Jubilee Bible 2000
He crouches and hides himself, and many are those who fall under his power.
Christian Standard Bible
So he is oppressed and beaten down; helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength.
Amplified Bible © 1954
[The prey] is crushed, sinks down; and the helpless falls by his mighty [claws].
New Century Version
The poor are thrown down and crushed; they are defeated because the others are stronger.
The Message
The hapless fool is kicked to the ground, the unlucky victim is brutally axed. He thinks God has dumped him, he’s sure that God is indifferent to his plight.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
The helpless are crushed. They sink down. They fall under his strength.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
Good News Translation®
The helpless victims lie crushed; brute strength has defeated them.
Wycliffe Bible
he shall bow himself down, and he shall fall, when he hath been lord of poor men. (yea, that good man shall fall down, and so the poor shall be brought down by his brute strength.)
Contemporary English Version
They crouch down and wait to grab a victim.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The hapless is crushed, sinks down, and falls by his might.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
Common English Bible © 2011
Their helpless victims are crushed; they collapse, falling prey to the strength of the wicked.
Amplified Bible © 2015
He crushes [his prey] and crouches; And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.
English Standard Version Anglicised
The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The helpless are crushed, laid low; they fall into the power of the wicked,
New American Standard Bible
Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers; And unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
The Expanded Bible
The poor are crushed and thrown down; they ·are defeated [L fall] ·because the others are stronger [L by their might].
Tree of Life Version
The victim is crushed, brought down, and falls into his mighty claws.
Revised Standard Version
The hapless is crushed, sinks down, and falls by his might.
New International Reader's Version
Those they have attacked are beaten up. They fall to the ground. They fall because their attackers are too strong for them.
BRG Bible
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, he stoops, crouches down low; and the helpless wretch falls into his clutches.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
He crouches, and stoops, that the poor may fall by his atzum (might).
Names of God Bible
His victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under the weight of his power.
Modern English Version
He crouches; he lies low, so that the unfortunate fall by his strength.
Easy-to-Read Version
Again and again they hurt people who are already weak and suffering.
International Children’s Bible
The poor are thrown down and crushed. They are defeated because the others are stronger.
Lexham English Bible
He is crushed; he is bowed down; so the helpless host falls by his might.
New International Version - UK
His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.