Psalms 139:20

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
KJV
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
WEB
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
ASV
For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
DARBY
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
BLB
who speak against You for wickedness; Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
ÅB
de som nevner ditt navn til å fremme onde råd, som bruker det til løgn, dine fiender!
OTB
For de taler mot Deg med ondskap,
Og Dine motstandere misbruker Ditt navn.
B1930
de som nevner ditt navn til å fremme onde råd, som bruker det til løgn, dine fiender!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jude 1:15

    To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

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  • Exodus 20:7

    Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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  • Psalms 74:18

    Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

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  • Psalms 2:1–3

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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  • Psalms 73:8–9

    They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

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  • Isaiah 37:23

    Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Isaiah 37:28–29

    But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

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  • Revelation 13:6

    And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

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