Psalm 52:3–4
3 You love evil more than good,
a lie more than speaking ⌊what is right⌋.c Selah
4 You love all devouring words,
O deceitful tongue,
Psalm 52:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
4 You love every harmful word,
you deceitful tongue!
Psalm 52:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 You love evil more than good,
and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
Psalm 52:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 Thou lovest evil more than good;
And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words,
O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalm 52:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 You love evil more than good
and lies more than truth.
Interlude
4 You love to destroy others with your words,
you liar!
Psalm 52:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness.
Selah
4 You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.
Psalm 52:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 You love wrong more than right
and lies more than truth.
Selah
4 You love words that bite
and tongues that lie.
Psalm 52:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 Thou lovest evil more than good,
And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah
4 Thou lovest all devouring words,
O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalm 52:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!
Psalm 52:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 You prefer evil to good.
You prefer lying to speaking the truth.
Selah
4 You love every destructive accusation, you deceitful tongue!
Psalm 52:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah
4 You love any words that destroy,
you treacherous tongue!
Psalm 52:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 You love evil more than good,
and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
Psalm 52:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 You love evil instead of good.
You would rather lie than tell the truth. Selah
4 You love to harm others with your words, you liar!
Psalm 52:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 You love evil more than good,
Falsehood more than speaking what is right.
Selah.
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.