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Psalms 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

KJV

Eripe me de inimicis meis, Deus meus, et ab insurgentibus in me libera me.

Vulgate

Ἐξελοῦ με ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου, ὁ θεός, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐπανιστανομένων ἐπ’ ἐμὲ λύτρωσαί με.

LXX

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

ASV

הַֽ/אֻמְנָ֗ם אֵ֣לֶם צֶ֭דֶק תְּדַבֵּר֑וּ/ן מֵישָׁרִ֥ים תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣לֶם
'lm
noun · 2×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
אֻמְנָ֔ם
'mnm
adverb · 5×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
מֵישָׁרִֽים
myshrym
noun · 19×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Dan 11:27 — And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
  • Eccl 3:16 — And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
  • Ezek 22:12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
  • Isa 10:1 — Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
  • Isa 26:7 — The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
  • Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Jer 22:16 — He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
  • John 11:47 — Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
  • Mal 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
  • Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
  • Mic 3:1 — And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
  • Mic 3:9 — Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
  • Ps 21:11 — For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
  • Ps 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
  • Ps 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?