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Psalm 5:9

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9For there is no ||faithfulness †in their mouth;

jjTheir inward part is †very wickedness;

kTheir throat is lan open sepulchre;

mThey flatter with their tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. ||Or, stedfastness. Job 42:7, 8. Ps. 51:10 marg.
  2. †Heb. in his mouth, that is, in the mouth of any of them.
  3. jjPs. 49:11 (Heb.).
  4. †Heb. wickednesses. See Ps. 52:2.
  5. kCited Rom. 3:13.
  6. mProv. 2:16. & 7:5. So Ps. 12:2. Comp. Ps. 36:2.

Cross references

  1. lJer. 5:16.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For there is no truth in their mouth;

their inmost self is destruction;

their throat is an open grave;

they flatter with their tongue.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;

their heart is filled with malice.

Their throat is an open grave;

with their tongues they tell lies.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;

destruction is within them;

their throat is an open grave;

they flatter with their tongues.

NLTNew Living Translation

My enemies cannot speak a truthful word.

Their deepest desire is to destroy others.

Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave.

Their tongues are filled with flattery.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For there is not anything reliable in his mouth;

their inner part is destruction.

Their throat is an open grave;

with their tongue they speak deceit.