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Psalms 73:9

PrideWords and speech

7 From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

8 They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.

11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”

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BSB
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
KJV
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
WEB
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
ASV
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
DARBY
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
BLB
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
ÅB
De løfter sin munn opp til himmelen, og deres tunge farer fram på jorden.
OTB
De setter sine munner mot himmelen,
Og deres tunger strutter gjennom jorden.
B1930
De løfter sin munn op til himmelen, og deres tunge farer frem på jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Revelation 13:6

    And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.

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  • James 3:6

    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

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  • Exodus 5:2

    But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

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  • Daniel 7:25

    He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:15

    So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”

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  • Daniel 3:15

    Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”

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  • Luke 18:4

    For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

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  • Job 21:14

    Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

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