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New Living Translation

Psalms 36:3

Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deceit;   Falsehood;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Deceit;   Evil;   Silence-Speech;   Speaking, Evil;   Speech;   Truth-Falsehood;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deceit;   Righteousness;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Guilt;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hypocrisy;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Psalms, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 16;  

Parallel Translations

English Revised Version
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise and to do good.
Update Bible Version
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He has ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
New Century Version
Their words are wicked lies; they are no longer wise or good.
New English Translation
The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
Webster's Bible Translation
The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath ceased to be wise, [and] to do good.
World English Bible
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Amplified Bible
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
English Standard Version
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The wordis of his mouth ben wickidnesse and gile, he nolde vndirstonde to do wel.
Berean Standard Bible
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Contemporary English Version
They tell deceitful lies, and they don't have the sense to live right.
American Standard Version
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.
Bible in Basic English
In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.
Complete Jewish Bible
For, the way he sees it, crime makes his life easy — that is, until his wrongs are discovered; then, he is hated.
Darby Translation
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their words are wicked lies. They have stopped doing anything wise or good.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For it flattereth him in his eyes, until his iniquity be found, and he be hated.
King James Version (1611)
The words of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: he hath left off to bee wise, and to doe good.
New Life Bible
The words of his mouth are sinful and false. He has stopped being wise and doing good.
New Revised Standard
The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.
George Lamsa Translation
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he is unwilling to do good.
Good News Translation
Their speech is wicked and full of lies; they no longer do what is wise and good.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(35-4) The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.
Revised Standard Version
The words of his mouth are mischief and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand how to do good.
Christian Standard Bible®
The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive;he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
Hebrew Names Version
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
King James Version
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Lexham English Bible
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight and to do good.
Literal Translation
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he ceases to act wisely, to do good.
Young's Literal Translation
The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate, he wil not be lerned to do good.
New American Standard Bible
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
New King James Version
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Legacy Standard Bible
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;He has ceased to consider to do good.

Contextual Overview

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For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the Lord .

Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all. 2 In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are. 3 Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good. 4 They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their actions are never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The words: Psalms 5:9, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:3, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 58:3, Psalms 140:3, 1 Samuel 18:21, 1 Samuel 19:6, 1 Samuel 19:7, 1 Samuel 26:21, Matthew 22:15-18, Matthew 22:35

he hath: Psalms 125:5, 1 Samuel 11:6-13, 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 15:26, 1 Samuel 16:14, Zephaniah 1:6, Hebrews 10:39, 1 John 2:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:8 - talked Joshua 23:12 - go back Ruth 1:15 - gone back 1 Samuel 15:11 - turned 2 Samuel 22:22 - have not 2 Chronicles 20:32 - departed not Nehemiah 6:8 - thou feignest Job 23:11 - his way Psalms 10:7 - and deceit Psalms 35:20 - but Psalms 50:19 - tongue Psalms 52:1 - mischief Psalms 101:3 - them Proverbs 2:13 - leave Proverbs 6:12 - walketh Jeremiah 34:11 - General Ezekiel 3:20 - When Ezekiel 18:24 - when Hosea 4:10 - left Hosea 8:3 - cast Amos 5:7 - leave Matthew 13:21 - dureth Matthew 15:18 - General Luke 11:25 - he findeth Romans 3:13 - with their 2 Peter 2:21 - to turn

Cross-References

Genesis 25:13
Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael's descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Genesis 28:9
So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael's family and married one of Ishmael's daughters, in addition to the wives he already had. His new wife's name was Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaioth and the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit,.... Not only sinful, but sin itself; his mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, of filthy and unchaste words, of corrupt communication, lying, deceit, and flattery; out of the abundance of the wickedness of his heart his mouth speaketh; and which shows the badness of it, and proves all that is said before of him;

he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good; by which the psalmist seems to intend one that had been a professor of religion, who, besides the light of nature he had acted contrary to, had had the advantage of a divine revelation, and had been enlightened into the knowledge of divine things, and had done many things externally good, particularly acts of beneficence; but now had dropped his profession of religion, denied the truths he had been enlightened into, and ceased from doing good; otherwise a natural man understandeth not; and, though he is wise to do evil, to do good he has no knowledge.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit - Are false and wicked. See the notes at Psalms 12:2. It is words do not fairly represent or express what is in his heart.

He hath left off to be wise - To act wisely; to do right.

And to do good - To act benevolently and kindly. This would seem to imply that there had been a change in his conduct, or that he was not what he once professed to be, and appeared to be. This language would be applicable to the change in the conduct of Saul toward David after he became envious and jealous of him 1 Samuel 18:0; and it is possible, as Amyraldus supposed, that this may have had particular reference to him. But such instances of a change, of feeling and conduct are not very uncommon in the world, and it may doubtless have happened that David experienced this more than once in his life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 36:3. The words of his mouth are iniquity — In the principle; and deceit calculated to pervert others, and lead them astray.

He hath left off to be wise, and to do good. — His heart is become foolish, and his actions wicked. He has cut off the connection between himself and all righteousness.


 
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