Psalms 58 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 58:1
KJVDo ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
WEBDo you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
YLTTo the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
Psalms 58:2
KJVYea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
WEBNo, in your heart you plot injustice.
YLTEven in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
Psalms 58:3
KJVThe wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
WEBThe wicked go astray from the womb.
YLTThe wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
Psalms 58:4
KJVTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
WEBTheir poison is like the poison of a snake;
YLTTheir poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Psalms 58:5
KJVWhich will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
WEBwhich doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
YLTWhich hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
Psalms 58:6
KJVBreak their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
WEBBreak their teeth, God, in their mouth.
YLTO God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
Psalms 58:7
KJVLet them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
WEBLet them vanish like water that flows away.
YLTThey are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
Psalms 58:8
KJVAs a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
WEBLet them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
YLTAs a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
Psalms 58:9
KJVBefore your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
WEBBefore your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
YLTBefore your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
Psalms 58:10
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Psalms 58:11
KJVSo that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
WEBso that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
YLTAnd man saith: `Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
11 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT