For there is nothing reliable in what they say;(A)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.(B)

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Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;(A)
    with their tongues they tell lies.(B)

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19 You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.(A)

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19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.(A)

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Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from[a] their lips.(A)
“For who,” they say, “will hear?” (B)

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Footnotes

  1. 59:7 Lit swords are on

See what they spew from their mouths(A)
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,(B)
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”(C)

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