Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
Why do the heathen rage, And the people imagine a vain thing?
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?
Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Why do the nations rant? Why do the peoples rave uselessly?
Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?