Psalms 2:1

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
1	Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?	Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?	Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
to why?	לָ֭מָּה	LA-mah	H4100	what מָא (ma) 1) what, whatever 1a) what? 1b) whatever, what, whatsoever 1c) how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)
do they plot	רָגְשׁ֣וּ	ra-ge-SHU	H7283	to throng רָגַשׁ (ra.gash) 1) (Qal) to be in a tumult or commotion 2) (TWOT) to conspire, plot Aramaic equivalent: re.gash (רְגַשׁ "to throng" H7284)
nations	גוֹיִ֑ם	go-YIM	H1471A	nation גּוֹי (goy) 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)
and peoples	וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים	u-le-'u-MIM	H3816	people לְאֹם (le.om) a people, nation
do they devise?	יֶהְגּוּ־	yeh-gu-	H1897	to mutter הָגָה (ha.gah) 1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to roar, growl, groan 1a2) to utter, speak 1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine 1b) (Poal) to utter 1c) (Hiphil) to mutter
vanity	רִֽיק׃	Rik	H7385	vain רִיק (riq) emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.