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Psalms 12:8

6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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BSB
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
KJV
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
WEB
The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
ASV
The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. Psalm 13 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
DARBY
The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
BLB
On every side the wicked walk, as vileness is exalted by the sons of man.
ÅB
De ugudelige flokker seg rundt,
når menneskenes barn opphøyer søppel.
[^1]: Kan være en bestemt toneart eller stil. (Se 1 Krøn 15,21; Sal 6,1)
OTB
De ugudelige streifer omkring på alle kanter,
når fordervelse blir æret blant menneskenes barn.
B1930
Rundt omkring svermer de ugudelige, når skarn er ophøiet blandt menneskenes barn.

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  • Mark 14:63–65

    Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

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  • Proverbs 29:12

    If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

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  • Psalms 55:10–11

    Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

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  • Hosea 5:11

    Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

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  • Isaiah 32:4–6

    The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

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  • Esther 3:6–15

    And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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  • Judges 9:18–57

    And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

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  • Daniel 11:21

    And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

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