Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, [the] tongue speaking great boasts--
New American Standard Bible
The tongue that
King James Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Holman Bible
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
International Standard Version
The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,
A Conservative Version
LORD will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,
American Standard Version
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
Amplified
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
Bible in Basic English
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
Darby Translation
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
Julia Smith Translation
Jehovah will cut off all smooth lips, and the tongue speaking great things:
King James 2000
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks proud things,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things,
NET Bible
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
New Heart English Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
The Emphasized Bible
May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things, - the tongue that speaketh swelling words;
Webster
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
World English Bible
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
Youngs Literal Translation
Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
Themes
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 12:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oppression By The Wicked
2 They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak. 3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, [the] tongue speaking great boasts-- 4 [those] who say, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips [are] on our side. Who [is] master over us?"
Names
Cross References
Daniel 7:8
I was considering the horns, and look, another little horn came up {among} them, and three of the earlier horns {were rooted out} from before it, and there were eyes like the eyes of human in this horn and [also] a mouth [that was] speaking boastfully.
Revelation 13:5
And a mouth was given to him speaking great [things] and blasphemies, and authority to act was given to him [for] forty-two months.
Psalm 17:10
They have shut off their calloused [heart]; [with] their mouth they speak arrogantly.
Exodus 15:9
[The] enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder, my desire will be full [of] them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'
1 Samuel 2:3
Do not increase speaking {very proud} words! Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge [whose] deeds are not weighed.
1 Samuel 17:43-44
So the Philistine said to David, "[Am] I a dog, that you [are] coming to me with sticks?" Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
2 Kings 19:23-24
By the hand of your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up [to] the height of the mountains. [To] the remote areas of Lebanon, I have felled the tallest of its cedars, the choicest of its cypresses. I have entered the place of overnight lodging. Even [to] the edge of forest of its fertile land.
Job 32:22
for I do not know [how] {to flatter}, [else] my Maker would {soon} put an end to me.
Psalm 73:8-9
They mock and speak maliciously of oppression; they speak [as though] from on high.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.
Isaiah 10:10
As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols --and their images were {greater than those of} Jerusalem and Samaria--
Ezekiel 28:2
"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because your heart was haughty, and you said, 'I [am] a god; I sit [in the] seat of [the] gods, I sit in [the] heart of [the] seas!' But you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like [the] heart of a god.
Ezekiel 28:9
{Will you indeed still say} "I [am] a god!" before the face of your killers? And [in fact] you [are] a human and not a god in the hand of {those who pierce you}.
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak, and you must say, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great sea monster, the [one] lying down in the midst of his Nile streams, who says to me, "[It is] my Nile, and I made [it] [for] myself."
Daniel 4:30-31
And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"
Daniel 7:25
And he will speak words against the Most High, and he will wear out [the] holy ones of the Most High, and he will attempt to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand for a time and two times and half a time.
Malachi 3:13
"Your words have been harsh against me," says Yahweh. "But you say, 'How have we spoken together against you?'
2 Peter 2:18
{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,
Jude 1:16
These [people] are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to their desires, and their mouths speaking pompous [words], {showing partiality to gain an advantage}.