Psalms 55:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

KJV

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

WEB

Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

ASV

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

LSV

Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit do not depart from its street.

YLT

Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

DBY

Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

DRC54:12

And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

GNV

Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.

JPS55:12

Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.

LXXE54:12

and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.

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Original-language editions

WLC55:12

הַוּ֥וֹת בְּקִרְבָּ֑הּ וְֽלֹא־יָמִ֥ישׁ מֵ֝רְחֹבָ֗הּ תֹּ֣ךְ וּמִרְמָֽה׃KJV:Ps.55.11

LXX-Br54:12

καὶ ἀδικία, καὶ οὐκ ἐξέλιπεν ἐκ τῶν πλατειῶν αὐτῆς τόκος καὶ δόλος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
• Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
• Jeremiah 5:26–27For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
• Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
• Acts 7:51–52You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the…
• Ezekiel 22:1–12Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations and tell her that this is what the…
• Jeremiah 9:3–5“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD. “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not…
• Psalms 109:2–3For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
• Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

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