Parallel Verses
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.
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,
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.
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 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 Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, do not be silent; 2 for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they spoke against me with a lying tongue. 3 And they surrounded me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Cross References
Psalm 52:4
You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
2 Samuel 15:3-8
And Absalom said to him, See! Your matters are good and right. But no listener from the king will hear you.
2 Samuel 17:1
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Please let me choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
Psalm 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; because of their plottings together against me, they planned to take away my life.
Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; the lips which speak proudly against the righteous, with pride and scorn.
Psalm 64:3-4
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
Psalm 120:2-3
Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 6:17
a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 12:19
The lips of truth shall be established forever, but only while I wink is a lying tongue.
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studies to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies. But they are not mighty for the truth on the earth; for they go from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:5
And everyone will deceive his neighbor and will not speak the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Matthew 26:59-62
And the chief priests and the elders and all the sanhedrin sought false witness against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.
Acts 6:13
And they set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law.