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?
Darby English Version
Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
King James Version
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine 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?