Psalms 52:4
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
KJV
Omnes declinaverunt ; simul inutiles facti sunt : non est qui faciat bonum, non est usque ad unum.
Vulgate
πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν, οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν ἀγαθόν, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.
LXX
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
ASV
הַ֭וּוֹת תַּחְשֹׁ֣ב לְשׁוֹנֶ֑/ךָ כְּ/תַ֥עַר מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ עֹשֵׂ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הַוּֽוֹת
hvvt
noun · 16×
הּ
h
noun · 12×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
לְטוֹשׁ
ltvsh
verb · 5×
ם
m
noun · 116×
רְמִיָּֽה
rmyh
noun · 15×
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.
- Prov 12:19 — The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- Ps 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Ps 109:2 — For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- Ps 109:17 — As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
- Ps 120:3 — What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?