Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
- BSB Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
- NKJV Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”
- NASB Then I sent a message to him saying, “Nothing like these things that you are saying has been done, but you are inventing them in your own mind.”
- NLT I replied, “There is no truth in any part of your story. You are making up the whole thing.”
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- Ps 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Job 13:4But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
- John 8:44You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
- Acts 25:7When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him many and grievous charges which they could not prove,
- Matt 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- Ps 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
- Acts 25:10But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
- Acts 24:12–13In the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
- Isa 59:4No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.
- Dan 11:27As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
- Ps 38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
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