Psalms 52:2
What does Psalms 52:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 52:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that doth good.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 140:2
Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
- Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
- Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
- Acts 24:5
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
- Acts 24:1
And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, andwithan orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
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