Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And when one comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks.
New American Standard Bible
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.
King James Version
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Holman Bible
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.
International Standard Version
The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.
A Conservative Version
And if he comes to see [me], he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
American Standard Version
And if he come to see me , he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Amplified
And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].
Bible in Basic English
If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
Darby Translation
And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Julia Smith Translation
And if he came to see, he will speak vanity: his heart will gather vanity to him; he will go forth without; he will speak.
King James 2000
And if he comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.
Modern King James verseion
And when he comes to see me, he speaks vanity; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; he goes out and speaks of it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it.
NET Bible
When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.
New Heart English Bible
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
The Emphasized Bible
And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.
Webster
And if he cometh to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
World English Bible
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
Youngs Literal Translation
And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 41:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Victory In Spite Of Betrayal
5 My enemies speak evil about me, "When will he die and his name perish?" 6 And when one comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks. 7 All who hate me speak together against me. Against me they assume the {worst} for me:
Cross References
Psalm 12:2
They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.
Proverbs 26:24-26
On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.
Nehemiah 6:1-14
Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and that no gap was left in it--though up to that time I had not erected doors in the gates--
Jeremiah 20:10
For I hear the rumor of many, "Terror [is] from all around, denounce [him], yes, let us denounce him!" {All my close friends} [are] watchers of my stumbling, [saying], "perhaps he can be persuaded, and we can prevail over him, and we can take our revenge on him."
Daniel 11:27
{And two of the kings} {will bend their hearts} to evil. And at the {same table} they will speak lies, but [what is discussed] will not succeed, for still an end [is coming] at the appointed time.
Micah 7:5-7
Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap.
Luke 11:53-54
And [when] he departed from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile, and to question him closely about many [things],
Luke 20:20-23
And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.
2 Corinthians 11:26
[I have been] on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from [my own] people, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers because of false brothers,