4For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.


In Context

1 To the Overseer, 'Concerning the Inheritances.' — A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

2 Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

3 Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

4 For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

5 The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

6 Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

Psalm 5:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:4You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:4In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: evil shall not sojourn with thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with you.