Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
- BSB You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- NKJV You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
- NASB You destroy those who speak lies; The Lord loathes the person of bloodshed and deceit.
- NLT You will destroy those who tell lies. The Lord detests murderers and deceivers.
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Quick answer
God destroys liars and detests the violent and deceitful. Falsehood and bloodshed are abhorrent to the God of truth.
Overview
David continues describing God's opposition to sin, naming lying and bloodthirsty deceit as objects of His abhorrence. The God of truth cannot abide those who traffic in deception and violence. This sharpens the contrast with Christ, in whose mouth no deceit was found (1 Peter 2:22), and who calls His people to truth.
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- Rev 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Ps 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Rev 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
- Isa 26:21For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Gen 34:25–26And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
- Ps 4:2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- 2 Sam 16:8The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
- Ps 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- Ps 26:8–10LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
- 2 Sam 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
- Rom 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
- Gen 34:14And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
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