Psalms 52:5
What does Psalms 52:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 52:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah
KJV
King James Version · 1611God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Also--God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
- Psalms 120:2
Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.
- Isaiah 38:11
I said, I shall not see Jehovah, even Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
- Luke 16:27
And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house;
- Psalms 55:23
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
- Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
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