Psalms 52:4

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Psalms 52:4


← Psalms 52:3 Psalms 52:4 (KJV) Psalms 52:5 →
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou lovestH157 all devouringH1105 wordsH1697, O thou deceitfulH4820 tongueH3956.


Original Hebrew

אָהַבְתָּ כָל־דִּבְרֵי־בָלַע לְשֹׁון מִרְמָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אָהַ֥בְתָּ
'a.Hav.ta H157 HVqp2ms you love
כָֽל
khol- H3605 HNcmsc all
דִּבְרֵי
div.rei- H1697 HNcmpc words of
בָ֗לַע
Va.la' H1105 HNcmsa swallowing
לְשׁ֣וֹן
le.Shon H3956 HNcbsc a tongue of
מִרְמָֽה
mir.Mah H4820 HNcfsa deceit
Strong's References
  • H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב (ʼâhêb) ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
  • H1105 — בֶּלַע (belaʻ, beh'-lah): from בָּלַע (bâlaʻ) H1104; a gulp; figuratively, destruction; devouring, that which he hath swallowed up.
  • H1697 — דָּבָר (dâbâr, daw-baw'): from דָבַר (dâbar) H1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.
  • H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן (lâshôn); also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה (lᵉshônâh); from לָשַׁן (lâshan) H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
  • H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה (râmâh) H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
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Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (5): Exodus 10:11, Psalms 10:7, Psalms 73:9, Psalms 109:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:12

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