Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their delusions come to nothing. New Living Translation But you have rejected all who stray from your decrees. They are only fooling themselves. English Standard Version You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain. Berean Standard Bible You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain. King James Bible Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. New King James Version You reject all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceit is falsehood. New American Standard Bible You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless. NASB 1995 You have rejected all those who wander from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless. NASB 1977 Thou hast rejected all those who wander from Thy statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless. Legacy Standard Bible You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is a lie. Amplified Bible You have turned Your back on all those who wander from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless. Christian Standard Bible You reject all who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is a lie. Holman Christian Standard Bible You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceit is a lie. American Standard Version Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood. Contemporary English Version You reject all deceitful liars because they refuse your teachings. English Revised Version Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood. GOD'S WORD® Translation You reject all who wander away from your laws, because their lies mislead them. Good News Translation You reject everyone who disobeys your laws; their deceitful schemes are useless. International Standard Version You reject all who wander from your statutes, since their deceitfulness is vain. Majority Standard Bible You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain. NET Bible You despise all who stray from your statutes, for they are deceptive and unreliable. New Heart English Bible You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. Webster's Bible Translation Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. World English Bible You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have trodden down "" All going astray from Your statutes, "" For their deceit [is] falsehood. Young's Literal Translation Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit. Smith's Literal Translation Thou didst make light of all going astray from thy laws, for their deceit is falsehood. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible You reject all who stray from your statutes, for vain is their deceit. New Revised Standard Version You spurn all who go astray from your statutes; for their cunning is in vain. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou hast rejected all them that stray from thee; for their thought is ungodly. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You have rejected all who stray from you because their meditation is evil. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes; For their deceit is vain. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet…117Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes. 118You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain. 119All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.… Cross References Proverbs 30:5-6 Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. / Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar. Jeremiah 8:9 The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have? Isaiah 29:13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. Matthew 15:8-9 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” Romans 1:21-22 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. James 1:22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. 1 Corinthians 3:19-20 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” / And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” Isaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?” Ezekiel 13:8-9 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD. / My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD. Matthew 7:26-27 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!” 2 Timothy 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith. Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction. Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. John 12:48 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. Treasury of Scripture You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. trodden Isaiah 25:10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. Isaiah 63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. Malachi 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. err Psalm 119:10,21 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments… Psalm 95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: their deceit Psalm 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. Psalm 78:36,37,57 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues… Isaiah 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Jump to Previous Astray Cunning Deceit Deceitfulness Decrees Err False. Falsehood Light Nought Overcome Reject Rejected Rules Spurn Statutes Stray Thoughts Trodden Useless Vain Wander WanderingJump to Next Astray Cunning Deceit Deceitfulness Decrees Err False. Falsehood Light Nought Overcome Reject Rejected Rules Spurn Statutes Stray Thoughts Trodden Useless Vain Wander WanderingPsalm 119 1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.2. Aleph. 9. Beth 17. Gimel 25. Daleth 33. He 41. Waw 49. Zayin 57. Heth 65. Teth 73. Yodh 81. Kaph 89. Lamedh 97. Mem 105. Nun 113. Samekh 121. Ayin 129. Pe 137. Tsadhe 145. Qoph 153. Resh 161. Sin and Shin 169. Taw You reject The Hebrew root for "reject" is "מאס" (ma'as), which conveys a strong sense of despising or casting away. In the context of a covenant relationship, this rejection is not arbitrary but a response to the breach of divine law. Historically, Israel's relationship with God was conditional upon obedience, and this rejection serves as a warning to those who turn away from His commandments. It underscores the seriousness with which God views fidelity to His word. all who stray from Your statutes for their deceitfulness is in vain For their deceit is falsehood.--Rather, as the parallelism indicates, for their tricks are in vain; or perhaps, to bring out the full intention of the Hebrew, we must paraphrase: "for their wiles are as fruitless as they are deceitful." So Symmachus: "all their craft is vain." Verse 118. - Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes; rather, thou despisest all them that go astray from thy statutes. Thou makest light of them. The LXX. have, ἐξουδένωσας For their deceit is falsehood. "Their subtle policy is but a lie" (Kay). It rests on lies, and ends in disappointment.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You rejectסָ֭לִיתָ (sā·lî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5541: To make light of, toss aside all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every who stray שׁוֹגִ֣ים (šō·w·ḡîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7686: To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured from Your statutes, מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָ (mê·ḥuq·qe·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute for כִּי־ (kî·še-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction their deceitfulness תַּרְמִיתָֽם׃ (tar·mî·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 8649: Perhaps treachery is in vain. שֶׁ֝֗קֶר (qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood Links Psalm 119:118 NIVPsalm 119:118 NLT Psalm 119:118 ESV Psalm 119:118 NASB Psalm 119:118 KJV Psalm 119:118 BibleApps.com Psalm 119:118 Biblia Paralela Psalm 119:118 Chinese Bible Psalm 119:118 French Bible Psalm 119:118 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 119:118 You reject all those who stray (Psalm Ps Psa.) |