Psalm 35:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For they do not speakיְדַ֫בֵּ֥רוּ
(ye·dab·be·ru)
1696: to speaka prim. root
peace,שָׁלֹ֗ום
(sha·lo·vm)
7965: completeness, soundness, welfare, peacefrom shalem
But they deviseיַחֲשֹׁבֽוּן׃
(ya·cha·sho·vun.)
2803: to think, accounta prim. root
deceitfulמִ֝רְמֹות
(mir·mo·vt)
4820: deceit, treacheryfrom ramah
wordsדִּבְרֵ֥י
(div·rei)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
againstוְעַ֥ל
(ve·'al)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
those who are quietרִגְעֵי־
(rig·'ei-)
7282: restful, quietfrom raga
in the land.אֶ֑רֶץ
(e·retz;)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
For they speak
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
not peace
shalowm  (shaw-lome')
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
but they devise
chashab  (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
deceitful
mirmah  (meer-maw')
fraud -- craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
matters
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
against them that are quiet
ragea`  (raw-gay'-ah)
restful, i.e. peaceable -- that are quiet.
in the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

King James Bible
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For they do not speak in friendly ways, but contrive deceitful schemes against those who live peacefully in the land.

International Standard Version
For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.

NET Bible
For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they do not speak peace, and they conceive deceit against the meek of the Earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They do not talk about peace. Instead, they scheme against the peaceful people in the land.

King James 2000 Bible
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
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