Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.

King James Version

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Holman Bible

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

International Standard Version

As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!

A Conservative Version

No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

American Standard Version

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Amplified


No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;
On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.

Bible in Basic English

The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

Darby Translation

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Julia Smith Translation

Also in heart ye will work evil; in the earth ye will roll the violence of your hands.

King James 2000

Yea, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

No, in [your] heart you plan injustices; in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands.

Modern King James verseion

Yes, in heart you work the evil, you weigh the violence of your hands in the land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But ye imagine mischief in your hearts, and your hands deal with wickedness.

NET Bible

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Aye! ye all do work, perversity, - Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!

Webster

Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

Context Readings

A Cry Against Injustice

1 ([Psalm of David]) Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones (O you God-like ones)? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? 2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness;
On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born. They speak lies.


Cross References

Psalm 94:20

Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law).

Isaiah 10:1

How horrible it will be for those who enact unjust laws and who decree oppressive regulations.

Psalm 21:11

Even though they scheme and devise evil against you, they will not succeed.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is level. O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.

Isaiah 59:4-6

No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

Jeremiah 22:16-17

He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy. Then it was well. Is that not what it means to know me? Says Jehovah.

Ezekiel 22:12

Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.

Micah 3:1-3

I said: Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not your responsibility to know justice?

Micah 3:9-12

Please hear this you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. You who abhor justice, and pervert honesty!

Malachi 3:15

We call arrogant people happy. Evil people test God's patience with their wicked deeds. They not only get away with it, they also prosper.

John 11:47-53

The chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council. They asked what they should do. This man does many signs and miracles.

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