Psalms 36:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

KJV

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.mischief: or, vanity

WEB

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

ASV

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

LSV

He devises iniquity on his bed, || He stations himself on a way not good, || He does not refuse evil.”

YLT

Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

DBY

He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.

DRC35:5

He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.

GNV

Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.

JPS36:5

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

LXXE35:5

He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.

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WLC36:5

אָ֤וֶן ׀ יַחְשֹׁ֗ב עַֽל־מִשְׁכָּ֫ב֥וֹ יִ֭תְיַצֵּב עַל־דֶּ֣רֶךְ לֹא־ט֑וֹב רָ֝֗ע לֹ֣א יִמְאָֽס׃KJV:Ps.36.4

LXX-Br35:5

Ἀνομίαν ἐλογίσατο ἐπὶ τῆς κοίτης αὐτοῦ, παρέστη πάσῃ ὁδῷ οὐκ ἀγαθῇ, τῇ δὲ κακίᾳ οὐ προσώχθισε.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
• Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Isaiah 65:2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
• Psalms 97:10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
• Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
• Revelation 2:2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
• Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
• Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
• Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
• Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
• Psalms 52:3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
• Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
• Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
• Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The…

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