Romans 3:13

11 There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
KJV
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
WEB
“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”
ASV
Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
DARBY
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison [is] under their lips:
BLB
“Their throat [is] a grave having been opened; they keep practicing deceit with their tongues;” “the poison of vipers [is] under their lips,”
ÅB
Strupen deres er en åpnet grav;
med tungene sviker de,
ormegift er under leppene deres.
OTB
"Deres struper er åpne graver;
med sine tunger fortsetter de å bedra."
"Ormegift er under deres lepper."
B1930
Deres strupe er en åpnet grav; med sine tunger gjorde de svik, ormegift er under deres leber.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 5:9

    For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

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  • Psalms 140:3

    They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

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  • Matthew 23:27–28

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

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  • Jeremiah 9:3–5

    “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

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  • Psalms 57:4

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

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  • Isaiah 59:3

    For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

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  • James 3:5–8

    In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

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  • Ezekiel 13:7

    Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?

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