NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Thou lovest'ahab (aw-hab') to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) -- (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend. evil ra` (rah) bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.). more than good towb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun and lying sheqer (sheh'-ker) an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial) -- without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully. rather than to speak dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue righteousness tsedeq (tseh'-dek) the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity -- even, (that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness). Selah celah (seh'-law) suspension (of music), i.e. pause -- Selah. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. King James Bible Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Holman Christian Standard Bible You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah International Standard Version You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking uprightly. Interlude NET Bible You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah) Aramaic Bible in Plain English You have loved evil more than good, and lying more than speaking righteousness. GOD'S WORD® Translation You prefer evil to good. You prefer lying to speaking the truth. [Selah] King James 2000 Bible You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Links Psalm 52:3Psalm 52:3 NIV Psalm 52:3 NLT Psalm 52:3 ESV Psalm 52:3 NASB Psalm 52:3 KJV |