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Psalm 41:6

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41:6When someone comes to visit,14 he pretends to be friendly;15

he thinks of ways to defame me,16

and when he leaves he slanders me.17

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “to see.”
  2. 15 Heb “he speaks deceitfully.”
  3. 16 Heb “his heart gathers sin to itself.”
  4. 17 Heb “he goes outside and speaks.”

In other versions

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.