Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

King James Version

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Holman Bible

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

International Standard Version

But as for the wicked, they do not speak truth at all. Inside them there is only wickedness. Their throat is an open grave, on their tongue is deceitful flattery.

A Conservative Version

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they {deceive (LXX/NT)}.

American Standard Version

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

Amplified


For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.

Bible in Basic English

For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

Darby Translation

For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Julia Smith Translation

Not steadfast in his mouth; the midst of them mischiefs; their throat a grave opened; they will be smooth with their tongue,

King James 2000

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For there is not [anything] reliable in his mouth; their inner part [is] destruction. Their throat is an open grave; [with] their tongue they speak deceit.

Modern King James verseion

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For there is no faithfulness in their mouths; they dissemble in their hearts. Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

NET Bible

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

New Heart English Bible

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongue they are deceitful.

The Emphasized Bible

For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulphing ruin, - An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things.

Webster

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

World English Bible

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

Youngs Literal Translation

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

References

Context Readings

The Refuge Of The Righteous

8 O Jehovah, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight in my presence. 9 There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.
10 Pronounce them guilty, O God. Let them fall by their own devices. In the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out, because they are rebellious against you.

Cross References

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)

Psalm 62:4

They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue makes up wickedness. It is like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.

Luke 11:44

Woe to you! You are as the tombs that do not appear and men walk over them and do not know it.

Job 32:21-22

I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward anyone.

Psalm 12:2-3

People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)

Psalm 36:1-4

([Psalm of David]) Sin speaks to the ungodly deep within his heart. There is no reverence for God before his eyes.

Psalm 51:6

Yet, you desire truth from the secret person within me. Deep down inside me teach me wisdom.

Psalm 58:2-3

No, in your heart you plot unrighteousness. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.

Psalm 62:9

Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind.

Psalm 64:6

They devise evil plans and say: We will commit the perfect crime. The thoughts and the heart of man are deep.

Psalm 111:1-3

Praise Jehovah! I will praise Jehovah with all my heart in the company of the upright and in the congregation.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

Jeremiah 9:3-6

They bend their tongue like their bow. Lies and not truth prevail in the land. They move from evil to evil. They do not know me, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately corrupt. Who can understand it?

Micah 6:12

The rich men are full of violence! Her inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Mark 7:21-22

It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as: fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Luke 11:39

The Lord said: You Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter. Yet your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

Romans 1:29-31

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

1 Thessalonians 2:5

You know very well that we did not come to you with flattering talk (praise for selfish gain). We did not use words to cover up greed (insatiable desire for wealth). God is our witness!

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