Psalms 55:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.”

Psalms 55:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 55:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 55:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.”

Psalms 55:11 — World English Bible

Psalms 55:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.”

Psalms 55:11 — American Standard Version

Psalms 55:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Mischiefs <FI>are<Fi> in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.”

Psalms 55:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 55:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.”

Psalms 55:11 — Darby Translation

Psalms 55:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.”

Psalms 55:11 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 55:11 in Context — Psalms 55

9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

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What Does Psalms 55:11 Mean?

Psalms 55:11 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 55. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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