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Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

KJV

Pluet super peccatores laqueos ; ignis et sulphur, et spiritus procellarum, pars calicis eorum.

Vulgate

ὅτι δίκαιος Κύριος καὶ δικαιοσύνας ἠγάπησεν, εὐθύτητα εἶδεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ.

LXX

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

ASV

אָלָ֤ה פִּ֣י/הוּ מָ֭לֵא וּ/מִרְמ֣וֹת וָ/תֹ֑ךְ תַּ֥חַת לְ֝שׁוֹנ֗/וֹ עָמָ֥ל וָ/אָֽוֶן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
אָלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 36×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
י
y
noun · 496×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מִרְמָֽה
mrmh
noun · 38×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
תֹ֑ךְ
tk
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jas 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
  • Jas 3:9 — Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
  • Jer 9:3 — 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.
  • Job 20:12 — Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
  • Job 20:12 — Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
  • Matt 15:11 — Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
  • Prov 24:2 — For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
  • Ps 7:14 — Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
  • Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
  • Ps 28:3 — Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
  • Ps 36:3 — The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
  • Ps 36:3 — The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
  • Ps 50:19 — Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
  • Ps 52:4 — Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 55:11 — Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
  • Ps 59:12 — For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
  • Ps 59:12 — For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
  • Ps 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
  • Ps 73:8 — They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
  • Ps 140:3 — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Ps 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
  • Ps 144:11 — Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
  • Rom 3:14 — Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: