Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.(A)
He sets himself on a path that is not good,
and he does not reject evil.(B)

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Even on their beds they plot evil;(A)
    they commit themselves to a sinful course(B)
    and do not reject what is wrong.(C)

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The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;
he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,
even when the poor person says what is right.

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Scoundrels use wicked methods,(A)
    they make up evil schemes(B)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy(C) is just.(D)

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11 One has gone out from you,[a]
who plots evil against the Lord,
and is a wicked counselor.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Possibly Nineveh

11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.

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