King James Version

Psalms 5:6

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 5:7.

תְּאַבֵּד֮teabeddestroyאָבַדverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.דֹּבְרֵ֪יdoverespeakדָבַרverb, qal, participle, construct — “speak”, a verb used as a describing wordH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.כָ֫זָ֥בkhazavdeceitfulכָּזָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “deceitful”, the ordinary formH3577falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.אִישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…דָּמִ֥יםdamimblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.וּמִרְמָ֗הumirmahand craftמִרְמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and craft”, the ordinary formH4820fraudcraft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.יְתָ֘עֵ֥בyetaevabhorתַּעָבverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “abhor”, an unfinished actionH8581to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest(make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(5-7) Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; the LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

World English Bible

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Darby Translation

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.

Douay-Rheims

Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(5-7) Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; the LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀπολεῖς πάντας τοὺς λαλοῦντας τὸ ψεῦδος· ἄνδρα αἱμάτων καὶ δόλιον βδελύσσεται Κύριος.