Psalms 116:11
9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
12 How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
13 I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- KJV
- I said in my haste, All men are liars.
- WEB
- I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
- ASV
- I said in my haste, All men are liars.
- DARBY
- I said in my haste, All men are liars.
- BLB
- I said in my hastening, “Every man is a liar.”
- ÅB
- Jeg sa i min angst: Hvert menneske er en løgner.
- OTB
- Jeg erklærte i min forferdelse,
“Alle mennesker er svikefulle.” - B1930
- Jeg sa i min angst: Hvert menneske er en løgner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Read in contextJeremiah 9:4–5
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
Read in contextPsalms 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Read in contextPsalms 62:9
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Read in context1 Samuel 27:1
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
Read in context2 Kings 4:16
And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
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