King James Version
Psalms 50:19 in the King James Version says “Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. givest: Heb. sendest” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. givest: Heb. sendest”
Psalms 50:19 · KJV
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. hast: Heb. thy portion was with
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. givest: Heb. sendest
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thy mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“and thy 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,
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