Psalms 52:2

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Your tongue, as sharp as a razor, plots destruction and works deception.

Berean Standard Bible:

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

American Standard Version:

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Thy tongue^{H3956} deviseth^{H2803}{H8799)} mischiefs^{H1942}; like a sharp^{H3913}{H8794)} razor^{H8593}, working^{H6213}{H8802)} deceitfully^{H7423}.

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Commentary for Psalms 52:2

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

1. Strong's Number: H3956
   There are 115 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: לָשׁוֹן
   Transliteration: lâshôwn
   Pronunciation: law-shone'
   Description: or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from לָשַׁן; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
   
2. Strong's Number: H2803
   There are 122 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: חָשַׁב
   Transliteration: châshab
   Pronunciation: khaw-shab'
   Description: a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
   
3. Strong's Number: H1942
   There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: הַוָּה
   Transliteration: havvâh
   Pronunciation: hav-vaw'
   Description: from הָוָא (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin; calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
   
4. Strong's Number: H3913
   There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: לָטַשׁ
   Transliteration: lâṭash
   Pronunciation: law-tash'
   Description: a primitive root; properly, to hammer out (an edge), i.e. to sharpen; instructer, sharp(-en), whet.
   
5. Strong's Number: H8593
   There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: תַּעַר
   Transliteration: taʻar
   Pronunciation: tah'-ar
   Description: from עָרָה; a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e. empty); (pen-) knife, razor, scabbard, shave, sheath.
   
6. Strong's Number: H6213
   There are 2286 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: עָשָׂה
   Transliteration: ʻâsâh
   Pronunciation: aw-saw'
   Description: a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
   
7. Strong's Number: H7423
   There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: רְמִיָּה
   Transliteration: rᵉmîyâh
   Pronunciation: rem-ee-yaw'
   Description: from רָמָה; remissness, treachery; deceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.