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Psalm 36:3
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KJ21
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he hath ceased to be wise and to do good.
ASV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.
AMP
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
AMPC
The words of his mouth are wrong and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good.
BRG
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
CSB
The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
CSBA
The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
CEB
The words of their mouths are evil and dishonest. They have stopped being wise and stopped doing good.
CJB
For, the way he sees it, crime makes his life easy — that is, until his wrongs are discovered; then, he is hated.
CEV
They tell deceitful lies, and they don't have the sense to live right.
DARBY
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
DRA
Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.
ERV
Their words are wicked lies. They have stopped doing anything wise or good.
EASY
He speaks wicked things to deceive people. He does nothing that is wise or good.
EHV
The words from his mouth are deception and deceit. He has given up being wise and doing good.
ESV
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
ESVUK
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
EXB
·Their words [L The words of their mouth] are ·wicked lies [mischief and deceit]; they ·are no longer wise or good [L have stopped being wise/insightful in order to do good].
GNV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to understand and to do good.
GW
The words from his mouth are ⌞nothing but⌟ trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good.
GNT
Their speech is wicked and full of lies; they no longer do what is wise and good.
HCSB
The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
ICB
His words are wicked lies. He is no longer wise or good.
ISV
The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.
JUB
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he has left off to be wise and to do good.
KJV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
AKJV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
LSB
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to consider to do good.
LEB
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight and to do good.
TLB
Everything they say is crooked and deceitful; they are no longer wise and good.
MSG
The God-rebel tunes in to sedition— all ears, eager to sin. He has no regard for God, he stands insolent before him. He has smooth-talked himself into believing That his evil will never be noticed. Words gutter from his mouth, dishwater dirty. Can’t remember when he did anything decent. Every time he goes to bed, he fathers another evil plot. When he’s loose on the streets, nobody’s safe. He plays with fire and doesn’t care who gets burned.
MEV
The words of their mouth are wickedness and deceit; they have ceased to be wise and to do good.
NOG
The words from his mouth are nothing but trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good.
NABRE
For he lives with the delusion: his guilt will not be known and hated.
NASB
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
NASB1995
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
NCB
He deludes himself with the idea that his guilt will not be discovered and hated.
NCV
Their words are wicked lies; they are no longer wise or good.
NET
The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
NIRV
Their mouths speak words that are evil and false. They do not act wisely or do what is good.
NIV
The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
NIVUK
The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
NKJV
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
NLV
The words of his mouth are sinful and false. He has stopped being wise and doing good.
NLT
Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.
NRSVA
The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good.
NRSVACE
The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good.
NRSVCE
The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good.
NRSVUE
The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good.
OJB
The words of his mouth are iniquity and mirmah (deceit); he hath ceased to be wise, and to do tov (good).
RGT
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to understand and to do good.
RSV
The words of his mouth are mischief and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
RSVCE
The words of his mouth are mischief and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
TLV
For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to notice his iniquity—or hate it.
VOICE
They speak words of evil and deceit. Wisdom and goodness, they deserted long ago.
WEB
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
WYC
The words of his mouth be wickedness and guile; he would not understand to do well. (The words of his mouth be wicked and deceitful; he desireth not to understand, or to do good.)
YLT
The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
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