Psalms 5:4

NETBible

Certainly 1  you are not a God who approves of evil; 2  evil people 3  cannot dwell with you. 4 

NIV ©

You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.

NASB ©

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You.

NLT ©

O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness; you cannot tolerate the slightest sin.

MSG ©

You don't socialize with Wicked, or invite Evil over as your houseguest.

BBE ©

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

NRSV ©

For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil will not sojourn with you.

NKJV ©

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.

KJV
For thou [art] not a God
<0410>
that hath pleasure
<02655>
in wickedness
<07562>_:
neither shall evil
<07451>
dwell
<01481> (8799)
with thee.
NASB ©
For You are not a God
<410>
who takes
<2655>
pleasure
<2655>
in wickedness
<7562>
; No
<3808>
evil
<7451>
dwells
<1481>
with You.
LXXM
(5:5) oti
<3754> 
CONJ
ouci
<3364> 
ADV
yeov
<2316> 
N-NSM
yelwn
<2309> 
V-PAPNS
anomian
<458> 
N-ASF
su
<4771> 
P-NS
ei
<1510> 
V-PAI-2S
oude
<3761> 
CONJ
paroikhsei {N-DSF} soi
<4771> 
P-DS
ponhreuomenov {V-PMPNS}
NET [draft] ITL
Certainly
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you are not
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a God
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who approves
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of evil
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; evil people
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cannot
<03808>
dwell
<01481>
with you
<0859>
.
HEBREW
er
<07451>
Krgy
<01481>
al
<03808>
hta
<0859>
esr
<07562>
Upx
<02655>
la
<0410>
al
<03808>
yk
<03588>
(5:4)
<5:5>
NETBible

Certainly 1  you are not a God who approves of evil; 2  evil people 3  cannot dwell with you. 4 

NET Notes

1 tn Or “for.”

2 tn Heb “not a God [who] delights [in] wickedness [are] you.”

3 tn The Hebrew text has simply the singular form רע, which may be taken as an abstract noun “evil” (the reference to “wickedness” in the preceding line favors this; cf. NEB, NASB, NRSV) or as a substantival adjective “evil one” (the references to evil people in the next two verses favor this; cf. NIV “with you the wicked cannot dwell”).

4 tn Heb “cannot dwell as a resident alien [with] you.” The negated imperfect verbal form here indicates incapability or lack of permission. These people are morally incapable of dwelling in God’s presence and are not permitted to do so.

4 sn Only the godly are allowed to dwell with the Lord. Evil people are excluded. See Ps 15.