Psalms 12:3
1 Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
4 They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
- KJV
- The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
- WEB
- May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
- ASV
- Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
- DARBY
- Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
- BLB
- May YHWH cut off all lips of flattery, a tongue speaking great [things]—
- ÅB
- Måtte Herren skjære av alle falske lepper,
og tungen som taler store ord, - OTB
- Måtte Herren bringe til taushet alle smigrende lepper,
tungen som skryter av store ting; - B1930
- Herren utrydde alle falske leber, den tunge som taler store ord,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 18:21
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Read in contextRevelation 13:5
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Read in contextDaniel 7:8
While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
Read in contextPsalms 17:10
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Read in contextDaniel 4:30–31
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
Read in context2 Peter 2:18
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
Read in contextMalachi 3:13
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
Read in contextExodus 15:9
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
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