Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take [it] in vain.
New American Standard Bible
And Your enemies
King James Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Holman Bible
Your enemies swear by You falsely.
International Standard Version
who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain.
American Standard Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Amplified
For they speak against You wickedly,
Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Bible in Basic English
For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.
Darby Translation
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies.
Julia Smith Translation
For they will say to thee for mischief; thine enemies were lifted up for vanity.
King James 2000
For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
who speak against you deceitfully. Your enemies take [your name] in vain.
Modern King James verseion
Who will speak against You maliciously? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they speak unrighteously against thee; and thine enemies exalt themselves presumptuously.
NET Bible
They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.
New Heart English Bible
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
The Emphasized Bible
For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up their hand unto falsehood.
Webster
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.
World English Bible
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
Youngs Literal Translation
Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
19 Surely thou will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men. 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take [it] in vain. 21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate thee? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against thee?
Cross References
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the irreverent of them about all the works of their own irreverence that they have done irreverently, and about all the harsh things that irreverent sinners spoke against him.
Exodus 20:7
Thou shall not take the name of LORD thy God in vain, for LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Job 21:14-15
And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalm 2:1-3
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain {things (LXX/NT)}?
Psalm 73:8-9
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily.
Psalm 74:18
Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that a foolish people has blasphemed thy name.
Psalm 74:22-23
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause. Remember how the foolish man reproaches thee all the day.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom have thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom have thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [Even] against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 37:28-29
But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
Revelation 13:6
And it opened its mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, those who dwell in heaven.