Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets. New Living Translation Everything is falling apart; threats and cheating are rampant in the streets. English Standard Version ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. Berean Standard Bible Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. King James Bible Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. New King James Version Destruction is in its midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets. New American Standard Bible Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. NASB 1995 Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. NASB 1977 Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. Legacy Standard Bible Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. Amplified Bible Destruction is within her; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets and market places. Christian Standard Bible destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace. Holman Christian Standard Bible destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace. American Standard Version Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Evil, lies and deceit are within it and fraud and deceit do not depart from its streets. Brenton Septuagint Translation and usury and craft have not failed from its streets. Contemporary English Version and corruption. Troublemakers and liars freely roam the streets. Douay-Rheims Bible and injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets. English Revised Version Wickedness is in the midst thereof: oppression and guile depart not from her streets. GOD'S WORD® Translation Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets. Good News Translation There is destruction everywhere; the streets are full of oppression and fraud. International Standard Version Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets. JPS Tanakh 1917 Wickedness is in the midst thereof; Oppression and guile depart not from her broad place. Literal Standard Version Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit do not depart from its street. Majority Standard Bible Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. New American Bible treachery is in its midst; oppression and fraud never leave its streets. NET Bible Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square. New Revised Standard Version ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. New Heart English Bible Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies do not depart from her streets. Webster's Bible Translation Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. World English Bible Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets. Young's Literal Translation Mischiefs are in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Cast Your Burden upon the LORD…10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within. 11Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. 12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.… Cross References Psalm 5:9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. Psalm 12:8 The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men. Psalm 17:9 from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. Psalm 55:10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within. Treasury of Scripture Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. Wickedness Ezekiel 22:1-12 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, … Acts 7:51,52 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye… deceit Psalm 109:2,3 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue… Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. Jeremiah 5:26,27 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men… Jump to Previous Broad City Cruel Deceit Depart Destruction Destructive Evil Forces Fraud Guile Lies Market Midst Mischiefs Oppression Perversities Ruin Rule Street Streets Thereof Threats Wickedness Within WorkJump to Next Broad City Cruel Deceit Depart Destruction Destructive Evil Forces Fraud Guile Lies Market Midst Mischiefs Oppression Perversities Ruin Rule Street Streets Thereof Threats Wickedness Within WorkPsalm 55 1. David in his prayer complains of his fearful case9. He prays against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he complains 16. He comforts himself in God's preservation oh him, and confusion of his enemies (11) Deceit.--Rather, oppression, or violence. Streets.--Rather, squares, the open space at the gate of an Oriental city where public business was conducted. It is a miserable picture of mis-government; in the very seat of justice is nothing but oppression and guile. Verse 11. - Wickedness is in the midst thereof; deceit and guile depart not from her streets; literally, out of her street (rehob) - "the open square, where justice ought to have been administered "(Kay), "adjoining the vaulted passage of the city gate" (Cheyne); comp. Job 29:7.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Destructionהַוּ֥וֹת (haw·wō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1942: Desire, chasm, destruction [is] in the midst; בְּקִרְבָּ֑הּ (bə·qir·bāh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center oppression תֹּ֣ךְ (tōḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8496: Injury, oppression and deceit וּמִרְמָֽה׃ (ū·mir·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4820: Deceit, treachery never וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no leave יָמִ֥ישׁ (yā·mîš) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4185: To depart, remove the streets. מֵ֝רְחֹבָ֗הּ (mê·rə·ḥō·ḇāh) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7339: A broad open place, plaza Links Psalm 55:11 NIVPsalm 55:11 NLT Psalm 55:11 ESV Psalm 55:11 NASB Psalm 55:11 KJV Psalm 55:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 55:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 55:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 55:11 French Bible Psalm 55:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 55:11 Destructive forces are within her (Psalm Ps Psa.) |