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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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor.
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
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([Psalm of David]) Why do you brag about the evil you have done, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God endures continually!
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Cross References
Psalm 57:4
I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.
Psalm 50:19
You let your mouth speak evil. Your tongue plans deceit.
Psalm 59:7
See what pours out of their mouths, swords from their lips! They think: Who will hear us?
Psalm 64:2-6
Keep me safe from secret plots of corrupt evildoers.
Psalm 109:2
Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.
Psalm 120:2
O Jehovah, rescue me from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 140:2-3
They plan evil things in their hearts. They start conflicts (fights) (wars) every day.
Proverbs 6:16-19
Jehovah hates these six things: Yes, seven are an abomination to him:
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword. The tongue of the wise brings a cure.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Those who love it will eat the fruit.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation, whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Jeremiah 9:3-4
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 18:18
Then they said: Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.
Matthew 26:59
The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.
Acts 6:11-13
They secretly induced me to say: We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Acts 24:1
After five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders. They brought an orator, Tertullus, who made a statement to the governor against Paul.
Acts 24:5
We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up sedition (resists lawful authority) among all the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
2 Corinthians 4:2
We have renounced the hidden things of shame. And we do not walk in craftiness and deceit. We do not adulterate the word of God. But by the manifestation of the truth we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.
Revelation 12:10
I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now has come the salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power (authority) of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accused them before our God day and night.