Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] 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.
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.
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.
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 the] evil matter. They talk of secretly laying snares. They say, "Who will see them?" 6 {They carefully plot} injustices [saying], "We have perfected {the perfect plot}!" Both [the] {inner thought} and heart of man [are] deep. 7 But God will shoot them; with an arrow they will suddenly be wounded.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:9
But Doeg the Edomite, who [was] stationed among the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse going to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 24:9
Then David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of people who say: 'Look, David [is] {seeking to do you harm}'?
1 Samuel 25:10
But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who [is] David? And who [is] the son of Jesse? Today, [there] are many servants breaking away from the presence of their masters.
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 35:11
Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.
Psalm 49:11
Within them [they think] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling places from generation to generation. They {name} [their] lands by their [own] names.
Proverbs 20:5
Deep waters [are like] purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.
Isaiah 29:15
Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide [it] from Yahweh, and their deeds are in a dark place. And they say, "Who sees us? And who knows us?"
Jeremiah 17:9-10
The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?
Daniel 6:4-5
Then the [other] administrators and satraps {began to seek} to find pretext against Daniel {in connection with the kingdom}, but they were not able to find any pretext and {corruption} {because} he was trustworthy, and no negligence or {corruption} {could be found in him}.
Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.
John 18:29-30
So Pilate came outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
John 19:7
The Jews replied to him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!"
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God.