Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
New American Standard Bible
On earth you
King James Version
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
International Standard Version
As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!
A Conservative Version
No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
American Standard Version
Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Amplified
No, in your heart you devise wrongdoing;
On earth you deal out the violence of your hands.
Bible in Basic English
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
Darby Translation
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
Also in heart ye will work evil; in the earth ye will roll the violence of your hands.
King James 2000
Yea, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
No, in [your] heart you plan injustices; in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands.
Modern King James verseion
Yes, in heart you work the evil, you weigh the violence of your hands in the land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But ye imagine mischief in your hearts, and your hands deal with wickedness.
NET Bible
No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.
New Heart English Bible
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Aye! ye all do work, perversity, - Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!
Webster
Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
World English Bible
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 58:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Against Injustice
1
For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.”
Do you judge people fairly?
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
liars err from birth.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 94:20
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?
Isaiah 10:1
and writing oppressive laws
Psalm 21:11
and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
Isaiah 26:7
You clear a straight path for the righteous.
Isaiah 59:4-6
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 22:16-17
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 22:12
People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:27
“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
Micah 3:1-3
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
Micah 3:9-12
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice
and pervert everything that is right,
Malachi 3:15
So now we consider the arrogant
John 11:47-53
So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin