Psalms 41:6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
KJV
Quare tristis es, anima mea ? et quare conturbas me ? Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi, salutare vultus mei,
Vulgate
ἵνα τί περίλυπος εἶ, ἡ ψυχή, καὶ ἵνα τί συνταράσσεις με; ⸆ ἔλπισον ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, ὅτι ἐξομολογήσομαι αὐτῷ· σωτήριον τοῦ προσώπου μου ὁ θεός μου.
LXX
And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
ASV
אוֹיְבַ֗/י יֹאמְר֣וּ רַ֣ע לִ֑/י מָתַ֥י יָ֝מ֗וּת וְ/אָבַ֥ד שְׁמֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Many prophets and righteous men (it is said) have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them. Matthew 13:17 Did then those righteous men know all the things to come? Yea, most certainly. For if because of the weakness of those who were not able to receive Him, the Son was not revealed, — …
Cross-references
- Luke 6:45 — A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the
- Luke 11:53 — And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
- Luke 14:1 — And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
- Luke 20:20 — And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
- Mark 7:20 — And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
- Prov 26:24 — He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
- Prov 26:24 — He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
- Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Ps 144:8 — Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.