2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.


In Context

1 {To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God abideth continually.

2 Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.

3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!

Psalm 52:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

52:2Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

52:2All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

52:2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

52:2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

52:2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:2The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.