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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,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
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.

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