Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

He plots evil on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not hate evil.

New American Standard Bible

He plans wickedness upon his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not despise evil.

King James Version

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Holman Bible

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

International Standard Version

He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil.

A Conservative Version

He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.

American Standard Version

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Amplified


He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.

Bible in Basic English

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

Darby Translation

He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.

Julia Smith Translation

He will purpose vanity upon his bed; he will set himself upon a way not good; he will not reject evil

King James 2000

He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.

NET Bible

He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

New Heart English Bible

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

The Emphasized Bible

Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed, - he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!

Webster

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

World English Bible

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

Youngs Literal Translation

Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

References

Hastings

Context Readings

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

3 The words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good. 4 He plots evil on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not hate evil. 5 Your mercy, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out My hands all the day to a rebellious people who walk in the way not good, after their own thoughts;

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who plot wickedness and prepare evil on their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy, shrinking from evil, cleaving to good;

Psalm 97:10

You who love Jehovah, hate evil; He keeps the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul also sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And David's wife Michal told him saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.

Esther 5:14

And Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, Make a wooden gallows, fifty cubits high and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the wooden gallows to be made.

Esther 6:4

And the king said, Who is in the court? And Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for him.

Job 15:16

How much more hateful and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?

Psalm 38:12

And those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak sly things, and utter deceits all the day long.

Psalm 52:3

You love evil more than good, and lying more than to speak righteousness. Selah.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Jeremiah 6:16

So says Jehovah, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths where the good way is, and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.

Jeremiah 8:6

I listened and heard, but they did not speak right; no man repented of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned in their own courses, as the horse rushes into the battle.

Jeremiah 9:2-9

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for traveling men, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Hosea 7:6-7

For they have brought their heart near like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps at night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord Jehovah of Hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you but to do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God?

Matthew 27:1

And it becoming early morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

Acts 23:12

And when it became day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Romans 1:32

who, knowing the righteous order of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but have pleasure in those practicing them.

Revelation 2:2

I know your works and your labor and your patience, and how you cannot bear those who are evil. And you tried those pretending to be apostles, and are not, and have found them liars.

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