Psalm 50:19
New International Version
You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

New Living Translation
Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.

English Standard Version
“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Berean Standard Bible
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

King James Bible
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

New King James Version
You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.

New American Standard Bible
“You let your mouth loose in evil, And your tongue harnesses deceit.

NASB 1995
“You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit.

NASB 1977
“You let your mouth loose in evil, And your tongue frames deceit.

Legacy Standard Bible
You let your mouth loose in evil And you harness your tongue for deceit.

Amplified Bible
“You give your mouth to evil And your tongue frames deceit.

Christian Standard Bible
You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.

American Standard Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Your mouth has spoken wickedness and your tongue speaks deceit.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.

Contemporary English Version
You talked only about violence and told nothing but lies;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.

English Revised Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You let your mouth say anything evil. Your tongue plans deceit.

Good News Translation
"You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.

International Standard Version
You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

Literal Standard Version
You have sent forth your mouth with evil, | And your tongue joins deceit together,

Majority Standard Bible
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

New American Bible
You give your mouth free rein for evil; you yoke your tongue to deceit.

NET Bible
You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

New Revised Standard Version
“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

New Heart English Bible
"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

World English Bible
“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

Young's Literal Translation
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Mighty One Calls
18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. 19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit. 20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.…

Cross References
Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.


Treasury of Scripture

You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

givest [heb.

Psalm 52:3-4
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah…

Jeremiah 9:5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

tongue

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 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalm 12:2,3
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak…

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Psalm 50
1. The majesty of God in the church
5. His order to gather his saints
7. The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies
14. but in sincerity of obedience














(19) Givest.--Literally, lettest loose.

Frameth.--Literally, weaves. So LXX. To weave snares is a common figure in all languages. Comp.

"My brain, more busy than the labouring spider,

Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies."

SHAKSPERE: 2 Henry VI. 3:2.

Verse 19. - Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit; rather, thou hast loosed thy mouth to evil; i.e. given it liberty to utter all manner of wicked speech; and especially thou hast used mouth and tongue to cozen and deceive.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You unleash
שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ (šā·laḥ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

your mouth
פִּ֭יךָ (pî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

for evil
בְרָעָ֑ה (ḇə·rā·‘āh)
Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

and unharness
תַּצְמִ֥יד (taṣ·mîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6775: To link, gird, to serve, contrive

your tongue
וּ֝לְשׁוֹנְךָ֗ (ū·lə·šō·wn·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3956: The tongue

for deceit.
מִרְמָֽה׃ (mir·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4820: Deceit, treachery


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