Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

King James Version

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Holman Bible

They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

International Standard Version

Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.

A Conservative Version

They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

American Standard Version

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Amplified


They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Bible in Basic English

Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

Darby Translation

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

Julia Smith Translation

They will speak vanity each with his neighbor: smooth lips, with a heart and a heart will they speak

King James 2000

They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.

Modern King James verseion

They speak vanity each one with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart.

NET Bible

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

New Heart English Bible

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

The Emphasized Bible

Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour, - with lips uttering smooth things - with a heart and a heart, do they speak.

Webster

They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

World English Bible

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

Youngs Literal Translation

Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Oppression By The Wicked

1 Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. 2 They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

Romans 16:18

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.

1 Chronicles 12:33

Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 28:3

Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.

Psalm 144:8

whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

James 1:8

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Psalm 36:3-4

The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

Psalm 52:1-4

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 59:12

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

Psalm 62:4

They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Psalm 144:11

Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Proverbs 20:19

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Jeremiah 9:2-6

Oh that I had in the desert a travelers' lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.

Ezekiel 12:24

For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is witness.

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