Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionThou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GYou destroy all who speak lies; the bloodthirsty man and the deceitful YHWH abhors.
F.O.G.M
F.O.G MessageYou will destroy those who speak falsehood. The man of violence and deceit—Yahweh finds them utterly detestable.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleYou destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Footnotes
The sudden shift from second person address ("You destroy") to third person ("YHWH abhors"—*yit'ab*, 3ms) within a single verse is deliberate and rare. David steps momentarily outside his prayer to make a public declaration about YHWH's character, as if turning to an audience. *Te'ab* (תָּעֵב) is the verb of cultic revulsion—the same root as *to'evah* (abomination), reserved for things that defile worship and community. The *ish-damim* (man of bloods) is one whose hands and life are stained with violent crime. FOG preserves the dramatic pronoun shift intact; FOG Message renders it as a solemn outward declaration rather than intimate address.
