Psalm 5:6 “You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed…”

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

World English Bible

You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

American Standard Version

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lord will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.

Darby Translation

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

Bible in Basic English

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

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Cross references

“destroy”

Revelation 21:8 Revelation 22:15 Psalm 4:2

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15 · BSB

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Psalm 4:2 · BSB

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies ? Selah

“the bloody, etc”

Psalm 55:23 Isaiah 26:21 Psalm 26:8–10 Psalm 43:1 2 Samuel 16:8 2 Samuel 20:1

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Isaiah 26:21 · BSB

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Psalm 26:8–10 · BSB

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

Psalm 43:1 · BSB

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

2 Samuel 16:8 · BSB

The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a m…

2 Samuel 20:1 · BSB

Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

7But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

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