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Psalms 5:4

NETBible	Certainly¹ you are not a God who approves of evil;² evil people³ cannot dwell with you.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Psa 5:4	You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 5:4	For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 5:4	O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness; you cannot tolerate the slightest sin.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 5:4	You don't socialize with Wicked, or invite Evil over as your houseguest.
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 5:4	For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 5:4	For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil will not sojourn with you.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 5:4	For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.
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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 © biblegateway Psa 5:4	For You are not a God <0410> who takes <02655> pleasure <02655> in wickedness <07562> ; No <03808> evil <07451> dwells <01481> 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 <03588> you are not <03808> a God <0410> who approves <02655> of evil <07562> ; evil people <07451> 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

Certainly¹ you are not a God who approves of evil;² evil people³ cannot dwell with you.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Or “for.”

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

³tn 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”).

⁴tn 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.

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