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width="25%">Strong's</td><td class="top" width="25%">Hebrew</td><td class="top" width="25%">English</td><td class="top" width="25%">Morphology</td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5341.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5341: 1) to guard, watch, watch over, keep <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to watch, guard, keep <BR> 1a2) to preserve, guard from dangers <BR> 1a3) to keep, observe, guard with fidelity <BR> 1a4) to guard, keep secret <BR> 1a5) to be kept close, be blockaded <BR> 1a6) watchman (participle)">5341</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5341.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5341 -- Occurrence 13 of 61">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">נְצֹ֣ר<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/netzor_5341.htm" title="ne·Tzor: Keep -- Occurrence 1 of 4.">nə-ṣōr</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Keep</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular">V-Qal-Imp-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3956: 1) tongue <BR> 1a) tongue (of men) <BR> 1a1) tongue (literal) <BR> 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) <BR> 1b) language <BR> 1c) tongue (of animals) <BR> 1d) tongue (of fire) <BR> 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)">3956</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3956.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3956 -- Occurrence 37 of 117">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְשׁוֹנְךָ֣<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/leshoncha_3956.htm" title="le·shon·Cha: your tongue -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">lə-šō-wn-ḵā</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">your tongue</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - common singular construct :: second person masculine singular">N-csc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7451: adj <BR> 1) bad, evil <BR> 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant <BR> 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) <BR> 1c) evil, displeasing <BR> 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) <BR> 1e) bad (of value) <BR> 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) <BR> 1g) sad, unhappy <BR> 1h) evil (hurtful) <BR> 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) <BR> 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) <BR> 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts <BR> 1j2) deeds, actions <BR> n m <BR> 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity <BR> 2a) evil, distress, adversity <BR> 2b) evil, injury, wrong <BR> 2c) evil (ethical) <BR> n f <BR> 3) evil, misery, distress, injury <BR> 3a) evil, misery, distress <BR> 3b) evil, injury, wrong <BR> 3c) evil (ethical)">7451</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7451 -- Occurrence 296 of 667">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מֵרָ֑ע<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mera_7451.htm" title="me·Ra';: evil -- Occurrence 5 of 12.">mê-rā‘;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">from evil</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Adjective - masculine singular">Prep-m | Adj-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8193: 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding <BR> 1a) lip (as body part) <BR> 1b) language <BR> 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)">8193</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8193 -- Occurrence 76 of 175">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/usefateicha_8193.htm" title="u·se·fa·Tei·cha,: and your lips -- Occurrence 3 of 3.">ū-śə-p̄ā-ṯe-ḵā,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and your lips</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Noun - fdc :: second person masculine singular">Conj-w | N-fdc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1696: 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing <BR> 1a) (Qal) to speak <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk <BR> 1c) (Piel) <BR> 1c1) to speak <BR> 1c2) to promise <BR> 1d) (Pual) to be spoken <BR> 1e) (Hithpael) to speak <BR> 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight">1696</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1696 -- Occurrence 791 of 1144">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִדַּבֵּ֥ר<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/middabber_1696.htm" title="mid·dab·Ber: speaking -- Occurrence 5 of 8.">mid-dab-bêr</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">from speaking</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct">Prep-m | V-Piel-Inf</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4820.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4820: 1) deceit, treachery">4820</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4820.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4820 -- Occurrence 10 of 39">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִרְמָֽה׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mirmah_4820.htm" title="mir·Mah.: deceit -- Occurrence 5 of 26.">mir-māh.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">deceit</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular">N-fs</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script 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evil">מֵרָ֑ע</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8193.htm" title="u·se·fa·tei·cha: and your lips -- 8193: lip, speech, edge">וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1696.htm" title="mid·dab·ber: speaking -- 1696: to speak">מִדַּבֵּ֥ר</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4820.htm" title="mir·mah.: deceit -- 4820: deceit, treachery">מִרְמָֽה׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/psalms/34.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/5341.htm" title="natsar (naw-tsar') -- besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe">Keep</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3956.htm" title="lashown (law-shone') -- + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge">thy tongue</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7451.htm" title="ra' (rah) -- adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress">from evil</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8193.htm" title="saphah (saw-faw') -- band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side">and thy lips</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1696.htm" title="dabar (daw-bar') -- answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce">from speaking</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4820.htm" title="mirmah (meer-maw') -- craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery">guile</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/34.htm">תהילים 34:13 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">נְצֹ֣ר לְשֹׁונְךָ֣ מֵרָ֑ע וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ מִדַּבֵּ֥ר מִרְמָֽה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/34.htm">תהילים 34:13 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">נצר לשונך מרע ושפתיך מדבר מרמה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/34.htm">תהילים 34:13 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">נצר לשונך מרע ושפתיך מדבר מרמה׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/34.htm">תהילים 34:13 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">נצר לשונך מרע ושפתיך מדבר מרמה׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/34-13.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/34.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/34.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">Keep</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/39-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 39:1</span> I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/18-21.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 18:21</span> Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/matthew/12-35.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Matthew 12:35-37</span> A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/james/1-19.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">James 1:19,26</span> Why, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/james/3-2.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">James 3:2,5-10</span> For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, …</a></p><p class="hdg">speaking</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/55-11.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 55:11</span> Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/12-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 12:7,19,22</span> The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-9.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 19:9</span> A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 63:8</span> For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/colossians/3-9.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Colossians 3:9</span> Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">1 Peter 2:1,22</span> Why laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/revelation/14-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Revelation 14:4,5</span> These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13</a> • <a href="/niv/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/psalms/34-13.htm">Psalm 34:13 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/34-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 34:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 34:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/34-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 34:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 34:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>