Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good. New Living Translation Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good. English Standard Version The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. Berean Standard Bible The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. King James Bible The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. New King James Version The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. New American Standard Bible The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. NASB 1995 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. NASB 1977 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. Legacy Standard Bible The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to consider to do good. Amplified Bible The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. Christian Standard Bible The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good. Holman Christian Standard Bible The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good. American Standard Version The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The answer of his mouth is disease and deceit and he does not want to do good. Brenton Septuagint Translation The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand how to do good. Contemporary English Version They tell deceitful lies, and they don't have the sense to live right. Douay-Rheims Bible The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile : he would not understand that he might do well. English Revised Version The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise and to do good. GOD'S WORD® Translation The words from his mouth are [nothing but] trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good. Good News Translation Their speech is wicked and full of lies; they no longer do what is wise and good. International Standard Version The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good. JPS Tanakh 1917 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; He hath left off to be wise, to do good. Literal Standard Version The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, | He ceased to act prudently—to do good. Majority Standard Bible The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. New American Bible Empty and false are the words of his mouth; he has ceased to be wise and do good. NET Bible The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right. New Revised Standard Version The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good. New Heart English Bible The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good. Webster's Bible Translation The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath ceased to be wise, and to do good. World English Bible The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good. Young's Literal Translation The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good. Additional Translations ... Context The Transgression of the Wicked…2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. 3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. 4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.… Cross References Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. Psalm 12:2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. Psalm 50:19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit. Psalm 94:8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise? Jeremiah 4:22 "For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good." Treasury of Scripture The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has left off to be wise, and to do good. The words Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Psalm 12:2,3 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak… Psalm 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. he hath Psalm 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. 1 Samuel 11:6-13 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly… 1 Samuel 13:13,14 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever… Jump to Previous Act Ceased Deceit Deceitful Evil Good Iniquity Mischief Mouth Prudently Wicked Wickedness Wise Wisely WordsJump to Next Act Ceased Deceit Deceitful Evil Good Iniquity Mischief Mouth Prudently Wicked Wickedness Wise Wisely WordsPsalm 36 1. The grievous state of the wicked8. The excellence of God's mercy 10. David prays for favor to God's children (3, 4) From the secret promptings of sin, the description of the ungodly passes on to its issues in words and deeds. It is an awful picture of wickedness of a man abandoning himself without check or remorse to the inspiration of his own evil heart. He goes from bad to worse. In a great English tragedy, the murderer, though he has determined to wade farther in blood, yet prays against the horror of nightly temptations: "Merciful powers, Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose. But this man "deviseth mischief upon his bed." When even the worst criminals shudder at their own deeds, whispering to their "deaf pillows" the agonies that creep over them with darkness and silence, this ungodly man of the Hebrew poet's picture is occupied rather in scheming fresh villainies; even then he abhorreth not evil, or better, rejecteth not, catches rather at every fresh suggestion, and shapes it to his end. Verse 3. - The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit (comp. Psalm 12:2; Psalm 28:3). He hath left off to be wise, and to do good. There was a time when he occasionally acted wisely, and did what was right. But that time is gone by. Now he is consistently wicked.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The wordsדִּבְרֵי־ (diḇ·rê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of his mouth פִ֭יו (p̄îw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to are wicked אָ֣וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol and deceitful; וּמִרְמָ֑ה (ū·mir·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4820: Deceit, treachery he has ceased חָדַ֖ל (ḥā·ḏal) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle to be wise לְהַשְׂכִּ֣יל (lə·haś·kîl) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent [and] well-doing. לְהֵיטִֽיב׃ (lə·hê·ṭîḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing Links Psalm 36:3 NIVPsalm 36:3 NLT Psalm 36:3 ESV Psalm 36:3 NASB Psalm 36:3 KJV Psalm 36:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 36:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 36:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 36:3 French Bible Psalm 36:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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