Romans 3:13
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14 Whose mouth is 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.
Compare
- 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 there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Read in contextPsalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
Read in contextMatthew 23:27–28
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:3–5
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Read in contextJames 3:5–8
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Read in contextEzekiel 13:7
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
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