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Psalms 36:3 — King James Version← Study notes

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.


Psalms 36:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 36:37 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הֶחֱלִ֣יקheḥĕliyq
he flattersverbH2505
distribute · divide · flatter · give ···
אֵלָ֣י/וʾēlāyw
himselfpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/וbəʿēynāyw
in own eyes hispronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
לִ/מְצֹ֖אliməṣōʾ
to findpronH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
עֲוֺנ֣/וֹʿăwōnwō
iniquity hisnounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
לִ/שְׂנֹֽאliśənōʾ
to hate itpronH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 36:3

1. ...“The ungodly has said in himself that he will sin: there is no fear of God before his eyes” Psalm 35:1. Not of one man, but of a race of ungodly men he speaks, who fight against their own selves, by not understanding, that so they may live well; not because they cannot, but because they will not. For it is one thing, when one endeavours to understand some thing, and through infirmity of flesh cannot; as says the Scripture in a certain place, “For the corruptible body…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 36 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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