Psalms 58:2
1 Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- I hjertet arbeider dere jo på misgjerninger, i landet veier dere ut deres henders vold.
- OTB
- Nei, i hjertet driver dere med urett;
På jorden legger dere en vei for volden i deres hender. - B1930
- I hjertet arbeider I jo på misgjerninger, i landet veier I ut eders henders vold.
- BSB
- No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
- KJV
- Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
- WEB
- No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.
- ASV
- Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
- DARBY
- Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
- BLB
- Even in the heart you⁺ work iniquities; in the earth you⁺ weigh out the violence of your⁺ hands.
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Kryssreferanser
Psalms 94:20
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 10:1
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 3:16
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Les i sammenhengMicah 3:1–3
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
Les i sammenhengEzekiel 22:27
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
Les i sammenhengMalachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Les i sammenhengJeremiah 22:16–17
He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
Les i sammenhengMicah 3:9–12
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
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