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Psalm 101:3–4

I will refuse to look at

anything vile and vulgar.

I hate all who deal crookedly;

I will have nothing to do with them.

I will reject perverse ideas

and stay away from every evil.

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Psalm 101:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

I will not look with approval

on anything that is vile.

I hate what faithless people do;

I will have no part in it.

The perverse of heart shall be far from me;

I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

Psalm 101:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

I will not set before my eyes

anything that is worthless.

I hate the work of those who fall away;

it shall not cling to me.

A perverse heart shall be far from me;

I will know nothing of evil.

Psalm 101:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:

I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

Psalm 101:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;

I hate the work of those who fall away;

It shall not cling to me.

A perverse heart shall depart from me;

I will not know wickedness.

Psalm 101:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

I will not look at anything wicked.

I hate those who turn against you;

they will not be found near me.

Let those who want to do wrong stay away from me;

I will have nothing to do with evil.

Psalm 101:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

I will set no base thing before mine eyes:

I hate the work of them that turn aside;

It shall not cleave unto me.

A perverse heart shall depart from me:

I will know no evil thing.

Psalm 101:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

Psalm 101:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. 

I hate what unfaithful people do. 

I want no part of it. 

I will keep far away from devious minds. 

I will have nothing to do with evil. 

Psalm 101:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.

I hate the practice of transgression;

it will not cling to me.

A devious heart will be far from me;

I will not be involved with evil.

Psalm 101:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I will not set before my eyes

anything that is base.

I hate the work of those who fall away;

it shall not cling to me.

Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;

I will know nothing of evil.

Psalm 101:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

I will not set before my eyes

any wicked thing.

I hate the work of those who fall away;

it will not cling to me.

A perverse heart will depart from me;

I will not know evil.

Psalm 101:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

I won’t look at anything that is evil.

I hate the acts of people who aren’t faithful to you.

I don’t even want people like that around me.

I will stay away from those whose hearts are twisted.

I don’t want to have anything to do with evil.

Psalm 101:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;

I hate the work of those who fall away;

It shall not fasten its grip on me.

A perverse heart shall depart from me;

I will know no evil.


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