He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.