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King James Version

Psalms 101:3

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chastisement;   Decision;   Hatred;   Obedience;   Righteousness;   Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Error;   Sin;   Sin-Saviour;   Transgression;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Backsliding;   Eye, the;   Hatred;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Philemon, the Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Hate;   Psalms, Book of;   Salvation;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.
English Revised Version
I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave unto me.
Update Bible Version
I will set no base thing before my eyes: I hate the work of those that turn aside; It shall not cleave to me.
New Century Version
I will not look at anything wicked. I hate those who turn against you; they will not be found near me.
New English Translation
I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
World English Bible
I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
Amplified Bible
I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path]; It will not grasp hold of me.
English Standard Version
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I settide not forth bifore myn iyen an vniust thing; Y hatide hem that maden trespassyngis.
Berean Standard Bible
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Contemporary English Version
I refuse to be corrupt or to take part in anything crooked,
American Standard Version
I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.
Bible in Basic English
I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will not allow before my eyes any shameful thing. I hate those who act crookedly; what they do does not attract me.
Darby Translation
I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will not even look at anything shameful. I hate all wrongdoing. I want no part of it!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will set no base thing before mine eyes;
King James Version (1611)
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that turne aside, it shal not cleaue to me.
New Life Bible
I will set no sinful thing in front of my eyes. I hate the work of those who are not faithful. It will not get hold of me.
New Revised Standard
I will not set before my eyes anything that is base. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I wil set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that fall away: it shal not cleaue vnto me.
George Lamsa Translation
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes; I hate the doers of evil, they shall not come near to me.
Good News Translation
and will never tolerate evil. I hate the actions of those who turn away from God; I will have nothing to do with them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing, - The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(100-3) I will not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.
Revised Standard Version
I will not set before my eyes anything that is base. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cleave to me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll neuer set before myne eyes any deuillishe thyng: I wyll detest to do the worke of transgressours, it shall take no holde of me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors.
Christian Standard Bible®
I will not let anything worthless guide me.I hate the practice of transgression;it will not cling to me.
Hebrew Names Version
I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
Lexham English Bible
I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.
Literal Translation
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes; I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not fasten upon me.
Young's Literal Translation
I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil take no wicked thinge in honde, I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse, it shal not cleue vnto me.
New American Standard Bible
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.
New King James Version
I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will set no vile thing before my eyes;I hate the work of those who fall away;It shall not cling to me.

Contextual Overview

1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: Psalms 18:20-23, Psalms 26:4, Psalms 26:5, Psalms 39:1, Psalms 119:37, Psalms 119:113, Exodus 20:17, 2 Samuel 11:2, 2 Samuel 11:3, 1 Kings 21:2-29, Job 31:1, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 23:31-35, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Isaiah 33:15, Jeremiah 22:17, Hosea 7:6, Hosea 7:7, Micah 2:2, Matthew 5:28, James 1:13-15

wicked thing: Heb. thing of Belial, 1 Kings 21:13

I hate: Psalms 97:10, Romans 12:9

them: Psalms 14:3, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 78:41, Psalms 78:57, Psalms 125:5, Exodus 32:8, Joshua 23:6, 1 Samuel 12:20, 1 Samuel 12:21, 1 Samuel 15:11, Isaiah 30:11, Zephaniah 1:5, Zephaniah 1:6, Galatians 4:9, Hebrews 10:39, 2 Peter 2:21, 1 John 2:19

it shall not: Deuteronomy 13:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:24 - do after 1 Kings 22:43 - he turned 2 Chronicles 29:3 - He in the first Job 31:7 - cleaved Psalms 45:7 - hatest Psalms 119:104 - therefore Psalms 139:22 - hate them Proverbs 8:13 - The fear Proverbs 17:7 - much Ezekiel 14:3 - should Luke 19:5 - for Romans 7:15 - what I hate 2 Corinthians 6:14 - for Revelation 2:6 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes, Either the eyes of the body, which are the inlets of lust and are easily caught with objects that inflame the heart, and should be turned aside from beholding vanity; or the eyes of the mind; so the Targum,

"I will not propose to my heart;''

or, as Kimchi,

"in my thought'',

that is, I will not set up an evil thing in my imagination, to dwell upon in my thoughts, and take delight and pleasure in meditating upon it; or set it before me, to imitate as a pattern, to work by, and copy after: Christ did not so; he set the Lord always before him, Psalms 16:8, not anything of Belial k or Satan, as the phrase here may be rendered; no, he always bid Satan, or anything of his, be gone, and get behind him, Matthew 4:10.

I hate the work of them that turn aside; from God, and from his law; from the paths of religion, truth, and virtue; and from the Gospel, and a profession of it; such are not fit for the kingdom of God, and in these God and Christ have no pleasure, Hebrews 10:38,

it shall not cleave to me; neither the wicked thing, or thing of Belial, nor the work of apostasy; that is, he would have no familiarity nor fellowship with it; not come near it, nor connive at it, but hate and abhor it: the Jews said, an evil disease, or a thing of Belial, "cleaveth fast unto him", Psalms 41:8, but they were mistaken.

k דבר בליעל "verbum Belijahal", Montanus; so Cocceius, Gejerus, Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes - That is, I will propose no wicked thing to be done; I will have no such object in view; I will employ no one to do that which is wrong. The margin, as the Hebrew, is, “thing of Belial.” See the notes at Psalms 41:8. It here means that which is worthless, bad, wicked. He would have no wicked aim; he would not look upon a wicked thing for a moment, or with the least favor.

I hate the work of them that turn aside - All their doings, motives, plans. The word rendered “turn aside” means to turn out of the way; out of the right path: Wanderers - transgressors - those who leave the path of truth and honesty.

It shall not cleave to me - I will have nothing to do with it. It shall not he allowed to attach itself to me. A wicked plan or purpose is thus represented as having a tendency to fasten itself on a man, or to “stick to him” - as pitch, or wax, as a “burn” does.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 101:3. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes — I will undertake no unjust wars; will enter into no sinful alliances; will not oppress my subjects by excessive taxation, to support extravagance in my court. I will not look favourably on things or words of Belial. What is good for nothing or evil in its operation, what is wicked in its principle, and what would lead me away from righteousness and truth, I will never set before my eyes.

Them that turn aside — I shall particularly abominate the conduct of those who apostatize from the true religion, and those who deny its Divine authority, and who live without having their conduct governed by its influence, such shall never he put in a place of political trust or confidence by me.


 
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