11Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.


In Context

8 I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm."

9 Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.

11 Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.

13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,

Psalms 55:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:11Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

55:11and injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

55:11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:11Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

55:11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: oppression and guile depart not from her streets.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:11Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:11Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

55:11Mischiefs are in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:11Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.