Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.
New American Standard Bible
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
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King James Version
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Holman Bible
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
International Standard Version
Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.
A Conservative Version
Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,
American Standard Version
Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
Amplified
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
An Understandable Version
[Psa. 5:9 says], "Their throats are like open graves [i.e., they are foul-mouthed]. They have spoken deceitfully." [Psa. 90:3 says], "There is snake venom under their lips [i.e., their words are deadly]."
Anderson New Testament
their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;
Bible in Basic English
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
Common New Testament
"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to practice deceit." "The poison of asps is under their lips."
Daniel Mace New Testament
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Darby Translation
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison is under their lips:
Godbey New Testament
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.
Goodspeed New Testament
Their throats are like open graves, They use their tongues to deceive; The venom of asps is behind their lips,
John Wesley New Testament
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.
Julia Smith Translation
Their throat an opened tomb; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps under their lips:
King James 2000
Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Their throat [is] an opened grave; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps [is] under their lips,
Modern King James verseion
"Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they have used deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have deceived." "The poison of Asps is under their lips."
Moffatt New Testament
Their throat is an open grave, they are treacherous with their tongues, the venom of an asp lies under their lips.
Montgomery New Testament
Their throat is an open grave; With their tongues they have used deceit. The venom of asps is under their lips.
NET Bible
"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."
New Heart English Bible
"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"
Noyes New Testament
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have practised deceit. The poison of asps is under their lips.
Sawyer New Testament
their throat is an opened tomb, with their tongues they practise deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips.
The Emphasized Bible
A sepulchre opened, is their throat, with their tongues, have they used deceit, the poison of asps, is under their lips,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have spoken craftily; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Twentieth Century New Testament
'Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.' 'The venom of serpents lies behind their lips,'
Webster
Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Weymouth New Testament
"Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips."
Williams New Testament
Their throats are just like open graves, with their tongues they have spoken treachery; the poison of asps is under their lips.
World English Bible
"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"
Worrell New Testament
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;
Worsley New Testament
Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Themes
Asp » Venom of, illustrates the speech of the wicked
or adder Asp » (venom of), of the speech of the wicked
Bigotry » Paul's argument against
Character » Of the wicked » Deceitful
Character of the wicked » Deceitful
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Deceit » The tongue, the instrument of
Deceit » The tongue is an instrument of
Evil » Speech evil speaking » General references to
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Corrupt and perverse in his ways
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Corrupt &c in speech
Eternal life » Cannot be inherited by works
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 3:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Appointing The Twelve Apostles
12 All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one. 13 A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips. 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Cross References
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 140:3
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.
Deuteronomy 32:33
The poison of dragons is their wine And the fierce venom of asps.
Psalm 12:3-4
Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
Psalm 52:2
Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down among flames -- sons of men, Their teeth are a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.
Jeremiah 5:16
Its quiver is as an open sepulchre, All of them -- mighty ones.
Jeremiah 9:3-5
And they bend their tongue, their bow is a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
Ezekiel 13:7
A vain vision have ye not seen, And a lying divination spoken, When ye say: An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have not spoken?
Matthew 12:34-35
Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
Matthew 23:27-28
'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
Romans 3:4
let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, 'That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.'
James 3:5-8
so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!
Job 20:14-16
His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps is in his heart.