Psalms 5 · Verse 6

Psalms 5:6

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalms 5:6, King James Version

Psalms 5:6 in other translations

BSBYou destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
WEBYou will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
ASVThou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
YLTThou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.
DARBYThou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.
BBEYou will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.
WebsterThou shalt destroy them that speak falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

What does Psalms 5:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. leasing--a lie. the bloody ... man--literally, "man of blood"--murderer.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 That speak leasing - Falsity, from the Anglo-Saxon leasunge, a lie, falsity, deceit; from leas, lie, which is from the verb leasian to lie. See on Psa 4:2 (note). The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man - איש דמים ish damim, the man of bloods; for he who has the spirit of a murderer, will rarely end with one bloodshedding. So the Jews, who clamored for the blood of our Lord, added to that, as far and as long as they could, the blood of his disciples.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 5:1-6

God is a prayer-hearing God. Such he has always been, and he is still as ready to hear prayer as ever. The most encouraging principle of prayer, and the most powerful plea in prayer, is, to look upon him as our King and our God. David also prays to a sin-hating God. sin is folly, and sinners are the greatest of all fools; fools of their own making. Wicked people hate God; justly are they hated of him, and this will…

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Psalms 5:6 in the original Hebrew

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תְּאַבֵּד֮te.'a.Bedyou destroyH6
דֹּבְרֵ֪יdoe.Rei[those who] speakH1696
כָ֫זָ֥בkha.Zav<of> falsehoodH3577
אִישׁ\־'ish-everyone ofH376
דָּמִ֥יםda.Mimblood<s>H1818
וּמִרְמָ֗הu.mir.Mahand deceitH4820
יְתָ֘עֵ֥ב\׀ye.Ta.'Evhe abhorsH8581
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Psalms 5:6

  • Psalms 55:23

    But 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.

  • Revelation 21:8

    But 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.

  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, 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.

  • Revelation 22:15

    For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  • Genesis 34:25-26

    And 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. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.

  • Psalms 4:2

    O 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 Samuel 20:1

    And 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.

  • Psalms 26:8-10

    Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • 2 Samuel 16:8

    The 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.

  • Romans 1:29

    Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

  • Psalms 43:1

    Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • Genesis 34:14

    And 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
destroy.
4:2; Re 21:8; 22:15
the bloody, etc. Heb. man of bloods and deceit.
26:8-10; 43:1; 55:23; Ge 34:14,25,26; 2Sa 16:8; 20:1; Isa 26:21
Ro 1:29

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Context

  • Psalms 5:5

    The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

  • Psalms 5:6

    Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  • Psalms 5:7

    But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

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Psalms 5:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Destruirás á los que hablan mentira: al hombre de sangres y de engaño abominará Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les insensés ne subsisteront point devant tes yeux; tu hais tous les ouvriers d’iniquité.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du wirst vertilgen die Lügenredner; den Mann des Blutes und des Truges verabscheut Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Neque habitabit juxta te malignus, neque permanebunt injusti ante oculos tuos.