Psalm 64:6
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New International Version (©1984)
They plot injustice and say, "We have devised a perfect plan!" Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They search for the perfect crime and say, "We have perfected a foolproof scheme!" Human nature and the human heart are a mystery!

King James Bible
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

American King James Version
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

American Standard Version
They search out iniquities; We have accomplished,'say they , a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

Bible in Basic English
Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

Darby Bible Translation
They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep.

English Revised Version
They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: and the inward thought of every one, and the heart, is deep.

Webster's Bible Translation
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

World English Bible
They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.

Young's Literal Translation
They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

Geneva Study Bible

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one {g} of them, and the heart, is deep.

(g) There is no way so secret and subtle to do hurt, which they did not invent for his destruction.

Wesley's Notes

64:6 Iniquities - They study diligently, to find new ways of doing mischief. Deep - Cunning, both to contrive and conceal, and to execute their plots.

King James Translators' Notes

they...: or, we are consumed by that which they have throughly searched

a diligent...: Heb. a search searched

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

6. This is further evinced by their diligent efforts and deeply laid schemes.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

64:1-6 The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they cannot speak peaceably either of him or to him. There is no guard against a false tongue. It is bad to do wrong, but worse to encourage ourselves and one another in it. It is a sign that the heart is hardened to the greatest degree, when it is thus fully set to do evil. A practical disbelief of God's knowledge of all things, is at the bottom of every wickedness. The benefit of a good cause and a good conscience, appears most when nothing can help a man against his enemies, save God alone, who is always a present help.


Psalm 49:11 Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names. (NASB ©1995)

Accomplish Accomplished Care Cunning Deep Design Devise Diligent Diligently Discovery Framed Heart Iniquities Injustice Inner Inward Mind One's Part Perfect Perfected Perverse Plan Plot Purpose Ready Search Searching Secret Sought Surely Thought

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

search Ps 35:11 1Sa 22:9 24:9 25:10 Da 6:4,5 Mt 26:59 Joh 18:29,30 19:7

they accomplish, or we are consumed by that which they have thoroughly searched

a diligent search [heb.] a search searched
both Ps 5:9 Pr 20:5 Isa 29:15 Jer 17:9,10 1Co 4:5

Bible Gateway: Psalms Chapter 64 Verse 6 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

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