Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
New American Standard Bible
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.
King James Version
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Holman Bible
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.
International Standard Version
The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.
American Standard Version
And if he come to see me , he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Amplified
And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].
Bible in Basic English
If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
Darby Translation
And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Julia Smith Translation
And if he came to see, he will speak vanity: his heart will gather vanity to him; he will go forth without; he will speak.
King James 2000
And if he comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And when one comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks.
Modern King James verseion
And when he comes to see me, he speaks vanity; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; he goes out and speaks of it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it.
NET Bible
When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.
New Heart English Bible
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
The Emphasized Bible
And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.
Webster
And if he cometh to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
World English Bible
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
Youngs Literal Translation
And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 41:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Victory In Spite Of Betrayal
5 My enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it. 7 All who hate me whisper together against me. Against me they devise my hurt.
Cross References
Psalm 12:2
They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Proverbs 26:24-26
He who hates masquerades with his lips, but he lays up deceit within him.
Nehemiah 6:1-14
Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, (though even to that time I had not s
Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we sha
Daniel 11:27
And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table. But it shall not prosper, for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
Micah 7:5-7
Trust ye not in a neighbor. Put ye not confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lays in thy bosom.
Luke 11:53-54
And after he said these things to them, the scholars and the Pharisees began to harass him extremely, and to provoke him to speak impulsively about more things,
Luke 20:20-23
And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.
2 Corinthians 11:26
in frequent journeys, in perils of flowing waters, in perils of bandits, in perils from my race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils at sea, in perils among FALSE brothers,