Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
They only plan to thrust [him] down from his high position; they are pleased [with] deception. With their mouths they bless, but {inwardly} they curse. Selah
New American Standard Bible
They
They
But inwardly they curse.
King James Version
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Holman Bible
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.
International Standard Version
They plan to cast him down from his exalted position. They delight in lies; their mouth utters blessings, while their heart is cursing. Interlude
A Conservative Version
They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
American Standard Version
They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah
Amplified
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
Surely they counseled to thrust down his lifting up: they will delight in falsehood: with their mouth they will praise, and in their inward parts they will curse. Silence.
King James 2000
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Modern King James verseion
Surely they have plotted to cast him down from his great height; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their heart. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their device is only how to put him out, whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies. They give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. Selah.
NET Bible
They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, from his elevation, they have taken counsel to thrust him down, They accept falsehood, - With his mouth, they each of them bless, But, inwardly, they revile. Selah.
Webster
They only consult to cast him down from his excellence: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
World English Bible
They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Lying
Character of the wicked » Lying
Topics
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Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 62:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trust In God Alone
3 How long will you attack a man? All of you will be shattered like a leaning wall, a tottering fence. 4 They only plan to thrust [him] down from his high position; they are pleased [with] deception. With their mouths they bless, but {inwardly} they curse. Selah 5 Only for God wait in silence, O my soul, because my hope [is] from him.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 28:3
Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.
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 2:1-3
Why are nations in tumult, and countries plotting in vain?
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 51:6
Behold, you delight [in] truth in the inward parts, and in [the] hidden [parts] you make me to know wisdom.
Psalm 52:3
You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking {what is right}. Selah
Psalm 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood; I love your law.
Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 13:5
The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.
Hosea 7:3
By their wickedness they make [the] king glad, and [the] officials by their treacheries.
Matthew 2:3-4
And [when] King Herod heard [it], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.
Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went {and consulted} so that they could entrap him with a statement.
Matthew 22:23
On that day Sadducees--who say there is no resurrection--came up to him and asked him,
Matthew 22:34-35
Now [when] the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled at the same [place].
Matthew 26:3-4
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,
Matthew 27:1
Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.
Luke 11:39
But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness.
Luke 20:20
And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.
John 11:47-50
So the chief priests and the Pharisees called together the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs!
Acts 4:16-17
saying, "What should we do with these men? For that a remarkable sign has taken place through them [is] evident to all those who live [in] Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny [it]!
Acts 4:25-28
the one who said by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of our father David, your servant, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples conspire in vain?
Romans 1:32
who, [although they] know the requirements of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do they do the same [things], but also they approve of those who do [them].
Romans 7:22
For I joyfully agree with the law of God in my inner person,
Revelation 22:15
Outside [are] the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral people and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who loves and who practices falsehood.