Psalms Chapter 41 verse 6 Holy Bible
And if he come to see `me', he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
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If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
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And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
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And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
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My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
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If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
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And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity; rather, he speaketh falsehood (see the comment on Psalm 12:2). It is suggested that Ahithophel is especially aimed at. But there is no proof of this. All the enemies are probably intended, only distributively instead of collectively. His heart gathereth iniquity to itself. Dr. Kay's comment is, "He makes a show of friendship, using hollow compliments; but he is treasuring up every expression as material for misrepresentation." When he goeth abroad, he telleth it. He reports what he has seen and heard, but untruly.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) And if he come.--Some one particular individual is here singled out from the body of enemies.To see.--The usual word for visiting a sick person. (Comp. 2Samuel 13:5; 2Kings 8:29.)Vanity.--Better, lies. No more vivid picture of an insincere friend could be given. Pretended sympathy lies at the very bedside, while eye and ear are open to catch up anything that can be retailed abroad or turned into mischief, when the necessity of concealment is over.The scene of the visit of the king to the death-bed of Gaunt in Shakespeare's King Richard II. illustrates the psalmist's position, and the poet may even have had this verse in his mind when he wrote."Should dying men flatter with those that liveNo, no; men living flatter those that die.
