Psalms 10:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָלָ֤ה ׀ פִּ֣יהוּ מָ֭לֵא וּמִרְמ֣וֹת וָתֹ֑ךְ תַּ֥חַת לְ֝שׁוֹנ֗וֹ עָמָ֥ל וָאָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

ʾālāh pîhû mālēʾ ûmirmôt wātōk taḥat lĕšônô ʿāmāl wāʾāwen

Grammar Details

*ʾālāh*: noun feminine singular - oath/curse/imprecation
*pîhû*: noun masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mouth
*mālēʾ*: adjective masculine singular - full of
*ûmirmôt*: conjunction + noun feminine plural - and deceits
*wātōk*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and oppression
*taḥat*: preposition - under
*lĕšônô*: noun feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his tongue
*ʿāmāl*: noun masculine singular - trouble/labor/mischief
*wāʾāwen*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and iniquity

Word Meanings

*ʾālāh*: oath/curse/swearing
*peh*: mouth/opening
*mālēʾ*: full/filled
*mirmāh*: deceit/treachery/fraud
*tōk*: oppression/injury/deceit
*lāšôn*: tongue/language
*ʿāmāl*: trouble/labor/mischief/toil
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/sorrow

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:14 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Job 20:12 : 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
Ps 36:3 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Ps 140:9 : 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps 144:8 : 8 Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Ps 144:11 : 11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of {H5236} aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Prov 21:6 : 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Prov 30:8 : 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:
Isa 59:4 : 4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
Jer 9:6 : 6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
Matt 12:34 : 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Rom 3:13-14 : 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beasts and birds, {G5037} of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind. 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
Ps 41:6 : 6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Ps 52:4 : 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Ps 59:12 : 12 [ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Ps 62:4 : 4 They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {H5542}
Ps 64:3 : 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Ps 73:8 : 8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Rom 3:13-14
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13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Ps 36:2-4
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2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
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9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Ps 50:19
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19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
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12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
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2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Jer 9:8
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8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
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12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
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12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Ps 109:2
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2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
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2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
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6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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