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


In Context

1 To the Overseer. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

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

3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

4 Thou hast loved 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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