King James Version
Psalms 10:7 in the King James Version says “His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. deceit: Heb. deceits vanity:...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. deceit: Heb. deceits vanity: or, iniquity”
Psalms 10:7 · KJV
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. never: Heb. unto generation and generation
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. deceit: Heb. deceits vanity: or, iniquity
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. are: Heb. hide themselves
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. secretly: Heb. in the secret places
KJV Study — Public Domain
“His mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“is full”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“under his tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“and vanity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
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