Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For the mouth of the unjust, and the mouth of deceit opened against me; they eke with me the tongue of false-hood.
New American Standard Bible
They have spoken
King James Version
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Holman Bible
they speak against me with lying tongues.
International Standard Version
for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
A Conservative Version
for they have opened against me the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
American Standard Version
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
Amplified
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Bible in Basic English
For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
Darby Translation
For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,
King James 2000
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for {wicked and deceitful mouths} have opened against me. They speak to me with a lying tongue.
Modern King James verseion
for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they spoke against me with a lying tongue.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for the mouth of the ungodly, yea and the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me, and speak against me with false tongues.
NET Bible
For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.
New Heart English Bible
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
The Emphasized Bible
For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;
Webster
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
World English Bible
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
Youngs Literal Translation
For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 109:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Against An Enemy
1 To the overseer, to David a chanting. O God of my praise, thou wilt not be silent; 2 For the mouth of the unjust, and the mouth of deceit opened against me; they eke with me the tongue of false-hood. 3 And with words of hatred they surrounded me, and they will war with me gratuitously.
Cross References
Psalm 52:4
Thou lovedst all words of destruction, a tongue of deceit
2 Samuel 15:3-8
And Absalom will say to him, See, thy words good and straight, and none to hear to thee from the king.
2 Samuel 17:1
And Ahithophel will say to Absalom, I will now choose twelve thousand men. and I will rise and pursue after David this night:
Psalm 31:13
For I heard the slander of many sojourning round about: in their sitting together against me they purposed to take away my soul
Psalm 31:18
The lips of falsehood shall be mute; speaking boldly in pride and contempt.
Psalm 64:3-4
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, they bent their arrows a bitter word:
Psalm 120:2-3
O Jehovah, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, from a tongue of deceit.
Psalm 140:3
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent; the poison of asps under their lips. Silence,
Proverbs 6:17
Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood,
Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be prepared forever: and the tongue of falsehood while I shall wink.
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the just one shall meditate to answer: and the mouth of the unjust shall gush out evil.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:5
And they will mock, a man upon his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth: they taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they wearied themselves to sin.
Matthew 26:59-62
And the chief priests, and the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
Acts 6:13
And set false witnesses, saying, This man ceases not speaking defaming words against this holy place, and the law: