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Revised Standard Version

Psalms 50:19

"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Judgments;   The Topic Concordance - Deception;   Forgetting;   Glory;   Reproof;   Salvation;   Speech/communication;   Wickedness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Psalms, the Book of;   Sacrifice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wrath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Frame;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asaph;   English Versions;   Gift, Giving;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Tongue;   Tongue ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You unleash your mouth for eviland harness your tongue for deceit.
Hebrew Names Version
"You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.
King James Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
English Standard Version
"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
New Century Version
You don't stop your mouth from speaking evil, and your tongue makes up lies.
New English Translation
You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.
Amplified Bible
"You give your mouth to evil And your tongue frames deceit.
New American Standard Bible
"You let your mouth loose in evil, And your tongue harnesses deceit.
World English Bible
"You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.
Legacy Standard Bible
You let your mouth loose in evilAnd you harness your tongue for deceit.
Berean Standard Bible
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
Contemporary English Version
You talked only about violence and told nothing but lies;
Complete Jewish Bible
you give your mouth free rein for evil and harness your tongue to deceit;
Darby Translation
Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
Easy-to-Read Version
You say evil things and tell lies.
George Lamsa Translation
You have given your mouth to evil and your tongue speaks deceit.
Good News Translation
"You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.
Lexham English Bible
You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit.
Literal Translation
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou lettest yi mouth speake wickednesse, & thy tonge paynteth disceate.
American Standard Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
Bible in Basic English
You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
King James Version (1611)
Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.
English Revised Version
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles.
Update Bible Version
You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
New King James Version
You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.
New Living Translation
Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.
New Life Bible
You say bad things with your mouth, and you lie with your tongue.
New Revised Standard
"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thy mouth, hast thou thrust into wickedness, And, thy tongue, kept weaving deceit;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(49-19) Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
Young's Literal Translation
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit.

Contextual Overview

16 But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips? 17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. 18 If you see a thief, you are a friend of his; and you keep company with adulterers. 19 "You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you. 22 "Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I rend, and there be none to deliver! 23 He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me; to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

givest: Heb. sendest, Psalms 52:3-4, Jeremiah 9:5

tongue: Psalms 5:9, Psalms 10:7, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:3, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 36:4, Psalms 55:12, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 64:3-5, Isaiah 59:3, Isaiah 59:4, Hosea 4:2, Romans 3:13, Romans 3:14, James 3:5-9, Revelation 21:8

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 13:5 - Lay thee Job 15:5 - thou choosest Psalms 52:2 - Thy Psalms 139:4 - thou knowest 1 Timothy 3:8 - doubletongued

Cross-References

Genesis 30:2
Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
Genesis 45:5
And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.
Genesis 50:19
But Joseph said to them, "Fear not, for am I in the place of God?
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.
2 Kings 5:7
And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me."
Matthew 14:27
But immediately he spoke to them, saying, "Take heart, it is I; have no fear."
Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
Hebrews 10:30
For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge his people."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou givest thy mouth to evil,.... To speak evil things against Christ, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers and people; and to deliver out evil doctrines, pernicious to the souls of men;

and thy tongue frameth deceit; puts and joins together deceitful words in a very artful manner, by which simple and unstable minds are beguiled.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou givest thy mouth to evil - Margin, as in Hebrew, “thou sendest.” That is, they gave it up to evil; they employed it in evil: in falsehood, malice, deceit, slander, deception, detraction.

And thy tongue frameth deceit - The word rendered “frameth” means properly to bind, to fasten; and then, to contrive, to frame. The meaning is, that it was employed in the work of deceit; that is, it was employed in devising and executing purposes of fraud and falsehood.


 
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