Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Holman Bible
“We have perfected a secret plan.”
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.
International Standard Version
They devise wicked schemes, saying, "We have completed our plans, hiding them deep in our hearts."
A Conservative Version
They search out iniquities, [saying,] We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart [are] deep.
American Standard Version
They search out iniquities; We have accomplished,'say they , a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
Amplified
They devise acts of injustice, saying,
“We are ready with a well-conceived plan.”
For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep (mysterious, unsearchable).
Bible in Basic English
Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
Darby Translation
They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep.
Julia Smith Translation
They will search out iniquities; they completed a search searched out: and a man drew near, and a deep heart.
King James 2000
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, are deep.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep.
Modern King James verseion
They search out injustice, saying, We have finished hiding a hidden plot. Yea, the inward part of man and the heart are deep.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They imagine wickedness, and keep it secret among themselves; every man in the deep of his heart.
NET Bible
They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man's inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
New Heart English Bible
They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan." Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
The Emphasized Bible
They devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.
Webster
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
World English Bible
They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 64:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Evildoers
5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?' 6 They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep. 7 And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:9
And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, 'I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub,
1 Samuel 24:9
And David saith to Saul, 'Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil?
1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who is David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;
Psalm 5:9
For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
Psalm 35:11
Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
Psalm 49:11
Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.
Isaiah 29:15
Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'
Jeremiah 17:9-10
Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable -- who doth know it?
Daniel 6:4-5
Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he is faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.
Matthew 26:59
And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,
John 18:29-30
Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, 'What accusation do ye bring against this man?'
John 19:7
the Jews answered him, 'We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'
1 Corinthians 4:5
so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.