King James Version

Psalms 116:11

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

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אֲ֭נִיanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אָמַ֣רְתִּיamartisayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…בְחָפְזִ֑יvechafeziin hasteחָפַזpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in haste”, the to-form of the verbH2648properly, to start up suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, to fear(make) haste (away), tremble.כָּֽלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָדָ֥םhaadamthe personאָדָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.כֹּזֵֽבkozevlieכָּזַבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “lie”, a verb used as a describing wordH3576to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figurativelyfail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Young’s Literal Translation

I said in my haste, 'Every man [is] a liar.'

World English Bible

I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”

Darby Translation

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα ἐν τῇ ἐκστάσει μου, πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης.

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