Psalm - 50:19



19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 50:19.

Differing Translations

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Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. .

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil - Margin, as in Hebrew, "thou sendest." That is, they gave it up to evil; they employed it in evil: in falsehood, malice, deceit, slander, deception, detraction.
And thy tongue frameth deceit - The word rendered "frameth" means properly to bind, to fasten; and then, to contrive, to frame. The meaning is, that it was employed in the work of deceit; that is, it was employed in devising and executing purposes of fraud and falsehood.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil,.... To speak evil things against Christ, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers and people; and to deliver out evil doctrines, pernicious to the souls of men;
and thy tongue frameth deceit; puts and joins together deceitful words in a very artful manner, by which simple and unstable minds are beguiled.

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