Psalm 55:11
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Destructionהַוֹּ֥ות
(hav·vo·vt)
1942: desire, chasm, destructionfrom havah
is in her midst;בְּקִרְבָּ֑הּ
(be·kir·bah;)
7130: inward part, midstfrom an unused word
Oppressionתֹּ֣ךְ
(toch)
8496: injury, oppressionfrom an unused word
and deceitוּמִרְמָֽה׃
(u·mir·mah.)
4820: deceit, treacheryfrom ramah
do not departיָמִ֥ישׁ
(ya·mish)
4185: to depart, removea prim. root
from her streets.מֵ֝רְחֹבָ֗הּ
(me·re·cho·vah)
7339: a broad open place, plazafrom rachab


















KJV Lexicon
Wickedness
havvah  (hav-vaw')
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin -- calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
is in the midst
qereb  (keh'-reb)
the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
thereof deceit
tok  (toke)
oppression -- deceit, fraud.
and guile
mirmah  (meer-maw')
fraud -- craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
depart
muwsh  (moosh)
to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive) -- cease, depart, go back, remove, take away.
not from her streets
rchob  (rekh-obe')
a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area -- broad place (way), street.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.

King James Bible
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.

International Standard Version
Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets.

NET Bible
Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Evil, lies and deceit are within it and fraud and deceit do not depart from its streets.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.

King James 2000 Bible
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
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