Psalms 52:3

Why Do You Boast of Evil?

2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. 3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah 4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

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Berean Standard Bible
You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
American Standard Version (1901)
Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah
Bible in Basic English
You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
Free Bible Version
You love evil more than good, and telling lies more than speaking the truth. Selah.
Geneva Bible 1599
Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the trueth. Selah.
King James (Authorized) Version
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
One Unity Resource Bible
You 'ahavta ·affectionately love· evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
Translation for Translators
You like doing what is evil more than you like doing what is good, and you like telling lies more than you like telling the truth. (Think about that!)
Unlocked Literal Bible
You love evil more than good and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
Noah Webster Bible
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
World English Bible
You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.