Parallel Verses
King James Version
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
New American Standard Bible
Like a
Holman Bible
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
International Standard Version
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
A Conservative Version
Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
American Standard Version
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Amplified
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Bible in Basic English
Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
Darby Translation
Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
Julia Smith Translation
Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.
King James 2000
Your tongue devises evil; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Modern King James verseion
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor.
NET Bible
Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
New Heart English Bible
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
The Emphasized Bible
Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;
Webster
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
World English Bible
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Youngs Literal Translation
Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Themes
Deception » Instances of » Doeg
Evil » Who loves evil more than good
Mischief » Who speaks of mischief
Speech/communication » Those that speak deceitfully
Strength » Those that do not make God their strength
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 52:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Judges The Proud
1 {To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Cross References
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 50:19
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Psalm 64:2-6
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalm 109:2
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.
Psalm 120:2
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 140:2-3
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
Proverbs 6:16-19
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Jeremiah 9:3-4
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
Acts 6:11-13
Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Acts 24:1
And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
2 Corinthians 4:2
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.