Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageI have not sat with those who traffic in lies, nor will I walk among the secretly deceitful.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GI have not sat with men of falsehood, nor do I go in with those who conceal themselves.
KJV
King James VersionI have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleI do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
Footnotes
מְתֵי-שָׁוְא (metei-shav) — 'men of falsehood' — shav denotes that which is empty, deceptive, and morally hollow, the same word used in the third commandment ('take YHWH's name in vain'). נַעֲלָמִים (na'alamim), from the root עָלַם (alam, 'to hide'), describes those who conceal their true nature — hypocrites or covert conspirators. The Targum renders them 'deceivers.' The two negations (not sitting, not entering) echo the wisdom tradition of Psalm 1:1, where the righteous man refuses to walk, stand, or sit with the wicked. FOG translates literally to preserve the concealment imagery; FOG Message makes the hypocrisy explicit with 'the secretly deceitful.'
