Psalms 10:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:14 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and 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 left off to be wise{H8687)}, and to do good{H8687)}.
Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
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 vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Ps 144:11 : 11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Prov 21:6 : 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Prov 30:8 : 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Isa 59:4 : 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Jer 9:6 : 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation 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, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Ps 41:6 : 6 And if he come{H8804)} to see{H8800)} me, he speaketh{H8762)} vanity: his heart gathereth{H8799)} iniquity to itself; when he goeth{H8799)} abroad, he telleth{H8762)} it.
Ps 52:4 : 4 Thou lovest{H8804)} all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother{H8804)} than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer{H8804)} than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged{H8804)} from the womb: they go astray{H8804)} as soon as they be born, speaking{H8802)} lies.
Ps 59:12 : 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken{H8735)} in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak{H8762)}.
Ps 62:4 : 4 They only consult{H8804)} to cast him down{H8687)} from his excellency: they delight{H8799)} in lies: they bless{H8762)} with their mouth, but they curse{H8762)} inwardly. Selah.
Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Ps 73:8 : 8 They are corrupt{H8686)}, and speak{H8762)} wickedly concerning oppression: they speak{H8762)} 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 vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly 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, until his iniquity be found{H8800)} to be hateful{H8800)}.
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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{H8804)} thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth{H8686)} deceit.
Job 20:12
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12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
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14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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2Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully.
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8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
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12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken{H8735)} in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak{H8762)}.
Mic 6:12
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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.
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6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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Ps 62:4
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