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King James Version

Psalms 26:10

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bribery;   Homicide;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bribery;   Nation, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hands, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gifts;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bribery;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gambling;   Phinehas B. Ḥama;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Their hands are dirty with evil schemes, and they constantly take bribes.
English Revised Version
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Update Bible Version
In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
New Century Version
Evil is in their hands, and they do wrong for money.
New English Translation
who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.
Webster's Bible Translation
In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
World English Bible
In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.
Amplified Bible
In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
English Standard Version
in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In whose hondis wyckidnessis ben; the riythond of hem is fillid with yiftis.
Berean Standard Bible
in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
Contemporary English Version
or full of meanness or who bribe others.
American Standard Version
In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
Bible in Basic English
In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
Complete Jewish Bible
In their hands are evil schemes; their right hands are full of bribes.
Darby Translation
In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Easy-to-Read Version
They are guilty of cheating people. They take bribes to do wrong.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.
King James Version (1611)
In whose hands is mischiefe: and their right hand is full of bribes.
New Life Bible
Sinful plans are in their hands. And their right hand is full of pay for hurting others.
New Revised Standard
those in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.
George Lamsa Translation
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Good News Translation
those who do evil all the time and are always ready to take bribes.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(25-10) In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.
Revised Standard Version
men in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In whose handes is wickednes: and their right hande is full of gyftes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
in whose hands are iniquities, and their right hand is filled with bribes.
Christian Standard Bible®
in whose hands are evil schemesand whose right hands are filled with bribes.
Hebrew Names Version
In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.
Lexham English Bible
in whose hands is an evil plan, and whose right hand is full of bribes.
Literal Translation
in whose hand is a plot, and their right hand is full of a bribe.
Young's Literal Translation
In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In whose hondes is wickednesse, and their right honde is full of giftes.
New American Standard Bible
In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
New King James Version
In whose hands is a sinister scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
Legacy Standard Bible
In whose hands is a wicked scheme,And whose right hand is full of bribes.

Contextual Overview

6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord : 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

In: Psalms 10:14, Psalms 11:2, Psalms 36:4, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 55:9-11, Proverbs 1:16, Proverbs 4:16, Micah 2:1-3, Matthew 26:3, Matthew 26:4, Acts 23:12

full of: Heb. filled with

bribes: Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, 1 Samuel 8:3, Isaiah 33:15, Ezekiel 22:12, Ezekiel 22:13, Amos 5:12, Micah 7:3

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:21 - hating Acts 24:26 - hoped 2 Corinthians 6:14 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 26:9
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Genesis 26:10
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
Genesis 26:18
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Genesis 26:19
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In whose hands [is] mischief,.... Every abominable wickedness; as idolatry, adultery, murder, c. the word signifies and is sometimes used for mischief conceived in the mind, artificially devised and contrived there here mischief committed, the hand being the instrument of action, and intends whatever is prejudicial to the person, character, and properties of men;

and their right hand is full of bribes; whereby the eyes of judges are blinded, the words of the righteous perverted, men's persons respected, and judgment wrested, Deuteronomy 16:19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In whose hands is mischief - The word here rendered “mischief,” means properly “purpose, counsel, plan;” then, an evil purpose, “mischief, wickedness, crime.” The idea is, either that they intended to do mischief, and that they employed their hands to accomplish it, or that the fruit or result of their wicked plans was in their hands; that is, they had in their possession what they had secured by robbery, or plunder, or dishonesty.

And their right hand is full of bribes - Margin: “filled with.” The word here rendered “bribes” means properly “a gift,” or “present;” and then, a gift offered to a judge to procure an unjust sentence, 2 Kings 16:8; Proverbs 6:35; Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 10:17. The general meaning is that he did not desire to be associated either with men who openly committed crime, or with those who could be corrupted in the administration of justice.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 26:10. Their right hand is full of bribes — He speaks of persons in office, who took bribes to pervert judgment and justice.


 
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