Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. New Living Translation O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness; you cannot tolerate the sins of the wicked. English Standard Version For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. Berean Standard Bible For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You. King James Bible For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. New King James Version For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. New American Standard Bible For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil can dwell with You. NASB 1995 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You. NASB 1977 For Thou art not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with Thee. Legacy Standard Bible For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; Evil does not sojourn with You. Amplified Bible For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil [person] dwells with You. Christian Standard Bible For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with you. Holman Christian Standard Bible For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with You. American Standard Version For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because you are God, and desire no evil, and no evil one will dwell with you. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou art not a god that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee. Contemporary English Version You are not the kind of God who is pleased with evil. Sinners can't stay with you. Douay-Rheims Bible In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity. English Revised Version For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: evil shall not sojourn with thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness. Evil will never be your guest. Good News Translation You are not a God who is pleased with wrongdoing; you allow no evil in your presence. International Standard Version Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you. JPS Tanakh 1917 For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; Evil shall not sojourn with Thee. Literal Standard Version For You [are] not a God desiring wickedness, | Evil does not inhabit You. Majority Standard Bible For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You. New American Bible You are not a god who delights in evil; no wicked person finds refuge with you; NET Bible Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you. New Revised Standard Version For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil will not sojourn with you. New Heart English Bible For you are not a God who desires wickedness. Evil can't live with you. Webster's Bible Translation For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. World English Bible For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you. Young's Literal Translation For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Give Ear to My Words…3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation. 4For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You. 5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.… Cross References Psalm 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence. Psalm 34:16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. Psalm 92:15 to proclaim, "The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness." Treasury of Scripture For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with you. God Psalm 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. Habakkuk 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? evil Psalm 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? Psalm 101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. Psalm 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. Jump to Previous Delights Desiring Dwell Dwells Evil Inhabiteth Live Pleasure Sojourn Wicked Wickedness WrongdoingJump to Next Delights Desiring Dwell Dwells Evil Inhabiteth Live Pleasure Sojourn Wicked Wickedness WrongdoingPsalm 5 1. David prays, and professes his study in prayer4. God favors not the wicked 7. David, professing his faith, prays to God to guide him 10. to destroy his enemies 11. and to preserve the godly (4) Neither shall evil.--Better, the wicked man is not thy guest. For the same thought, see Psalms 15; and for the opposite, of God coming to dwell with the godly, Isaiah 57:15.Verse 4. - For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness. Thou wilt listen to the prayer of a righteous man (Psalm 4:1), since thou dost not delight in wickedness, but in goodness. Neither shall evil dwell with thee. Light has no fellowship with darkness. Evil men can obtain no support from thee, who art All-holy. They will scarcely venture to ask thy aid. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י ׀ (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction You אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no a God אֵֽל־ (’êl-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty who delights חָפֵ֘ץ (ḥā·p̄êṣ) Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 2655: Delighting in, having pleasure in in wickedness; רֶ֥שַׁע ׀ (re·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7562: Wickedness no לֹ֖א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no evil רָֽע׃ (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil can dwell with You. יְגֻרְךָ֣ (yə·ḡur·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility Links Psalm 5:4 NIVPsalm 5:4 NLT Psalm 5:4 ESV Psalm 5:4 NASB Psalm 5:4 KJV Psalm 5:4 BibleApps.com Psalm 5:4 Biblia Paralela Psalm 5:4 Chinese Bible Psalm 5:4 French Bible Psalm 5:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 5:4 For you are not a God who (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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