God’s Word Translation
Psalms 36:3
3The words from his mouth are ⌞nothing but⌟ trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good.
Psalms 36:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
- New International Version (NIV)The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Context of Psalms 36:3
1There is an inspired truth about the wicked person who has rebellion in the depths of his heart: He is not terrified of God. 2He flatters himself and does not hate or ⌞even⌟ recognize his guilt. The words from his mouth are ⌞nothing but⌟ trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good. 4He invents trouble while lying on his bed and chooses to go the wrong direction. He does not reject evil. 5O Lord, your mercy reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:3 word by word
דִּבְרֵי־פִ֭יו אָ֣וֶן וּמִרְמָ֑ה חָדַ֖ל לְהַשְׂכִּ֣יל לְהֵיטִֽיב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 36:3
- Psalms 5:9Nothing in their mouths is truthful. Destruction comes from their hearts. Their throats are open graves. They flatter with their tongues.
- Psalms 12:2All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
- Psalms 55:21His speech is smoother than butter, but there is war in his heart. His words are more soothing than oil, but they are like swords ready to attack.
- Psalms 58:3⌞Even⌟ inside the womb wicked people are strangers ⌞to God⌟. From their birth liars go astray.
- Psalms 140:3They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s ⌞fang⌟. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. Selah
- 1 Samuel 18:21Saul thought, “I’ll give her to David. She will trap him, and the Philistines will get him.” So he said to David a second time, “You will now be my son-in-law.”
- 1 Samuel 19:6Saul listened to Jonathan, and he promised, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives, he will not be killed.”
- 1 Samuel 26:21“My servant David,” Saul said, “I have sinned. Come back. I will not harm you again, because you valued my life today. I’ve acted like a fool and made a terrible mistake.”
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went away and planned to trap Jesus into saying the wrong thing.
- Matthew 22:35One of them, an expert in Moses’ Teachings, tested Jesus by asking,
- Psalms 125:5But when people become crooked, the Lord will lead them away with troublemakers. Let there be peace in Israel!
- 1 Samuel 11:6When he heard this news, God’s Spirit came over him, and he became very angry.
- 1 Samuel 13:13“You did a foolish thing,” Samuel told Saul. “You didn’t follow the command of the Lord your God. ⌞If you had,⌟ the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel permanently.
- 1 Samuel 15:26Samuel told Saul, “I will not go back with you because you rejected what the Lord told you. So the Lord rejects you as king of Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 16:14Now, the Lord’s Spirit had left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
- Zephaniah 1:6I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.”
Commentaries on Psalms 36:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The words of his mouth are iniquity - In the principle; and deceit calculated to pervert others, and lead them astray. He hath left off to be wise, and to do good - His heart is become foolish, and his actions wicked. He has cut off the connection between himself and all righteousness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit - Are false and wicked. See the notes at Psalm 12:2. It is words do not fairly represent or express what is in his heart. He hath left off to be wise - To act wisely; to do right. And to do good - To act benevolently and kindly. This would seem to imply that there had been a change in his conduct, or that he was not what he once professed to be, and appeared to be. This language would be applicable to the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Foolish people reject wisdom and goodness while they chase after evil.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. This reflection detailed. until his iniquity--literally, "for finding his iniquity for hating"; that is, he persuades himself God will not so find it--"for hating" involving the idea of punishing. Hence his words of iniquity and deceit, and his bold rejection of all right principles of conduct. The climax is that he deliberately adopts and patronizes evil. The negative forms affirm more emphatically their contraries.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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