Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Holman Bible
“We have perfected a secret plan.”
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.
International Standard Version
They devise wicked schemes, saying, "We have completed our plans, hiding them deep in our hearts."
A Conservative Version
They search out iniquities, [saying,] We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart [are] deep.
American Standard Version
They search out iniquities; We have accomplished,'say they , a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
Amplified
They devise acts of injustice, saying,
“We are ready with a well-conceived plan.”
For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep (mysterious, unsearchable).
Bible in Basic English
Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
Julia Smith Translation
They will search out iniquities; they completed a search searched out: and a man drew near, and a deep heart.
King James 2000
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, are deep.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep.
Modern King James verseion
They search out injustice, saying, We have finished hiding a hidden plot. Yea, the inward part of man and the heart are deep.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They imagine wickedness, and keep it secret among themselves; every man in the deep of his heart.
NET Bible
They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man's inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
New Heart English Bible
They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan." Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
The Emphasized Bible
They devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.
Webster
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
World English Bible
They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
Youngs Literal Translation
They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 64:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Evildoers
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them? 6 They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep. 7 But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Why dost thou listen to words of men, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?
1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
Psalm 5:9
For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 35:11
Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
Psalm 49:11
Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Jeremiah 17:9-10
The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?
Daniel 6:4-5
Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Matthew 26:59
And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
John 18:29-30
Pilate therefore went out to them and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man?
John 19:7
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God.
1 Corinthians 4:5
So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God.