Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
Holman Bible
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
International Standard Version
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
A Conservative Version
Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
American Standard Version
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Amplified
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Bible in Basic English
Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
Darby Translation
Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
Julia Smith Translation
Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.
King James 2000
Your tongue devises evil; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Modern King James verseion
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
NET Bible
Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
New Heart English Bible
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
The Emphasized Bible
Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;
Webster
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
World English Bible
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Youngs Literal Translation
Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Themes
Deception » Instances of » Doeg
Evil » Who loves evil more than good
Mischief » Who speaks of mischief
Speech/communication » Those that speak deceitfully
Strength » Those that do not make God their strength
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 52:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Judges The Proud
1 {To the Chanter, an exhortation of David when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul, and showed him, saying: David is come to the house of Abimelech} Thy boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant, that thou canst do mischief, whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily? 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor. 3 Thou lovest ungraciousness more than good, to talk of lies more than righteousness. Selah.
Cross References
Psalm 57:4
I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 50:19
Thou lettest thy mouth speak wickedness, and thy tongue painteth deceit.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?
Psalm 64:2-6
Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers,
Psalm 109:2
for the mouth of the ungodly, yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me, and speak against me with false tongues.
Psalm 120:2
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue!
Psalm 140:2-3
which imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long.
Proverbs 6:16-19
These six things doth the LORD hate, and the seventh he utterly abhorreth:
Proverbs 12:18
A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life stand in the power of the tongue; he that loveth it, shall enjoy the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 30:14
This peoples' teeth are swords, and with their jawbones they consume and devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men.
Jeremiah 9:3-4
They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, "Come, let us imagine something against this Jeremiah." Yea, this did even the priests, to whom the law was committed: the Senators, that were the wisest: and the prophets, which wanted not the word of God. "Come," said they, "let us cut out his tongue, and let us not regard his words."
Matthew 26:59
The chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, for to put him to death,
Acts 6:11-13
Then sent they in men which said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God,"
Acts 24:1
After five days, Ananias the high priest descended, with elders and with a certain orator named Tertullus, and informed the ruler of Paul.
Acts 24:5
We have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of debate unto all the Jews throughout the world; And a maintainer of sedition, of the sect of the Nazarenes;
2 Corinthians 4:2
but have cast from us the cloaks of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither corrupt we the word of God: but walk in open truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For these false apostles are deceitful workers, and fashion themselves like unto the apostles of Christ.
Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying, "In heaven is now made salvation and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: For he is cast down which accused them before God day and night: