Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 say of me in malice, "When will he die, and his name perish?"
6
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.
Cross References
Psalm 12:2
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Proverbs 26:24-26
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
Nehemiah 6:1-14
Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
Jeremiah 20:10
For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my close friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him."
Daniel 11:27
And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.
Micah 7:5-7
Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;
Luke 11:53-54
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things,
Luke 20:20-23
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
2 Corinthians 11:26
on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;