Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Holman Bible
evil cannot dwell with You.
International Standard Version
Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.
A Conservative Version
For thou are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
American Standard Version
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
Amplified
For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.
Bible in Basic English
For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.
Darby Translation
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou not a God delighting in injustice: and evil shall not dwell with thee.
King James 2000
For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you [are] not a God [who] desires wickedness. Evil cannot dwell with you.
Modern King James verseion
For You are not a God that enjoys wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness; neither shall any evil dwell with thee.
NET Bible
Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.
New Heart English Bible
For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.
The Emphasized Bible
For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine:
Webster
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
World English Bible
For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.
Youngs Literal Translation
For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.
Themes
Error » Known to God » Hateful to God
Evil » Evil not dwelling with God
Iniquity » God hating iniquity
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 5:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Refuge Of The Righteous
3
O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
4
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17
I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
Psalm 11:5
The LORDtests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Psalm 50:21
These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
Psalm 92:15
to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Psalm 94:20
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
Psalm 101:7
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
Psalm 140:13
Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.
Habakkuk 1:13
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?"By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them." Or by asking, "Where is the God of justice?"
John 14:23
Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Hebrews 12:14
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
2 Peter 3:13
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.