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Psalms 52:3

Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

KJV

Deus de cælo prospexit super filios hominum, ut videat si est intelligens, aut requirens Deum.

Vulgate

ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ διέκυψεν ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, τοῦ ἰδεῖν εἰ ἔστιν συνίων ἢ ἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν.

LXX

Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah

ASV

מַה תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל בְּ֭/רָעָה הַ/גִּבּ֑וֹר חֶ֥סֶד אֵ֝֗ל כָּל הַ/יּֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 3:4 — Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
  • Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • 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.
  • Jer 9:8 — Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
  • John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
  • Mic 3:2 — Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
  • Ps 62:4 — They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
  • Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
  • Rom 1:25 — Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.