Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;

King James Version

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Holman Bible

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
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:

Lexham Expanded Bible

May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, [the] tongue speaking great boasts--

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,

Topics

Verse Info

Context Readings

Oppression By The Wicked

2 Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart. 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Cross References

Daniel 7:8

As I was considering the horns, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking grand things.

Revelation 13:5

And there was given unto it a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto it to continue forty and two months.

Psalm 17:10

They are closed in with their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

1 Samuel 2:3

Do not multiply thyself speaking great and lofty things; let arrogant words cease from your mouth, for the LORD is the all-knowing God, and the magnificent works are his.

1 Samuel 17:43-44

And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

2 Kings 19:23-24

By the hand of thy messengers, thou hast reproached the Lord and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof and the choice fir trees thereof; and I will enter into the habitation of his borders and into the forest of his Carmel.

Job 32:22

For I do not know how to give flattering titles; otherwise my maker would soon take me away.

Psalm 73:8-9

They are lawless and speak wickedly of doing violence; they speak loftily.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.

Isaiah 10:10

As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel those of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because thy heart has lifted thee up and thou hast said, I am God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas (yet thou art man, and not God); and thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God:

Ezekiel 28:9

Wilt thou yet say before him that slays thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and not God, in the hand of him that slays thee.

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak and say, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.

Daniel 4:30-31

the king spoke and said, Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my greatness?

Daniel 7:25

And he shall speak great words against the most High and shall break down the saints of the most High and think to move the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the half or dividing of a time.

Malachi 3:13

Your words have prevailed against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

2 Peter 2:18

For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from those who converse in error,

Jude 1:16

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own desires; and their mouth speaks arrogant things, admiring persons to take advantage.

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