Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit.
New American Standard Bible
And your
King James Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Holman Bible
and harness your tongue for deceit.
International Standard Version
You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit.
A Conservative Version
Thou give thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frames deceit.
American Standard Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
Amplified
“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
Darby Translation
Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
Julia Smith Translation
Thou sentest thy month into evil, and thy tongue will contrive deceit
King James 2000
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
Modern King James verseion
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou lettest thy mouth speak wickedness, and thy tongue painteth deceit.
NET Bible
You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.
New Heart English Bible
"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
The Emphasized Bible
Thy mouth, hast thou thrust into wickedness, And, thy tongue, kept weaving deceit;
Webster
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
World English Bible
"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
Themes
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Glory » Who glorifies the lord
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 50:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
God As Judge
18 When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers. 19 You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your mother's son.
Cross References
Psalm 10:7
His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil.
Psalm 5:9
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.
Psalm 12:2-3
They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.
Psalm 36:3-4
The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.
Psalm 52:2-4
Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Psalm 55:12
For [it is] not an enemy [that] taunts me, or I could bear [it]. [It is not] one who hates me [that] magnifies himself over me, or I could hide myself from him.
Psalm 55:21
The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords.
Psalm 64:3-5
who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend [their bow to shoot] their arrows--bitter words,
Isaiah 59:3-4
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, your tongue speaks wickedness.
Jeremiah 9:5
And everyone deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak [the] truth, they have taught their tongues to speak lies, they are tired [from] going astray.
Hosea 4:2
Swearing and lying, murdering and stealing, and adultery break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Romans 3:13-14
Their throat [is] an opened grave; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps [is] under their lips,
James 3:5-9
So also the tongue is a small member [of the body] and boasts great [things]. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!
Revelation 21:8
But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.