Psalm 58:2 “No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out…”

Psalm 58:2

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

World English Bible

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

American Standard Version

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.

Darby Translation

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

Bible in Basic English

The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

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Cross references

“in heart”

Ecclesiastes 3:16 Ezekiel 22:27 Micah 3:1–3 Psalm 21:11 Isaiah 59:4–6 Ezekiel 22:12

Ecclesiastes 3:16 · BSB

Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Ezekiel 22:27 · BSB

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

Micah 3:1–3 · BSB

Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

Psalm 21:11 · BSB

Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

Isaiah 59:4–6 · BSB

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Ezekiel 22:12 · BSB

In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

“weigh”

Psalm 94:20 Isaiah 10:1 Isaiah 26:7

Psalm 94:20 · BSB

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

Isaiah 10:1 · BSB

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

Isaiah 26:7 · BSB

The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

Also

Malachi 3:15

Malachi 3:15 · BSB

So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

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

In context

1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

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