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Psalm 41:6

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If someone comes to see me,

he mouths empty platitudes,

All the while gathering gossip about me

to entertain the street-corner crowd.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,

while his heart gathers iniquity;

when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When one of them comes to see me,

he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;

then he goes out and spreads it around.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;

he stores up evil in his heart;

he goes out and talks.

NLTNew Living Translation

They visit me as if they were my friends,

but all the while they gather gossip,

and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsely;

his heart gathers disaster for itself.

He goes out to the street; he speaks.

KJV 1900King James Version

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity:

His heart gathereth iniquity to itself;

When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.