4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.


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.

5 Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

Psalm 52:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

52:4You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

52:4Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, thou deceitful tongue.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:4You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:4You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue.