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


In Context

1 To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

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

3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

52:2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; 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.