Psalms 5:9 — Compare Translations

Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit.

27 words · Balance of accuracy and readability

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. ^{faithfulness: or, stedfastness} ^{their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them} ^{very: Heb. wickednesses}

44 words · Formal / word-for-word

For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

24 words · Essentially literal

My enemies cannot speak a truthful word.Their deepest desire is to destroy others.Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave.Their tongues are filled with flattery.

28 words · Thought-for-thought clarity

Every word they speak is a land mine; their lungs breathe out poison gas. Their throats are gaping graves, their tongues slick as mudslides.

24 words · Contemporary paraphrase

There is nothing reliable in what they say; Their inward part is destruction [itself]. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.

25 words · Most literal English translation