Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

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];

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 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit. 3 The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord. 4 They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?


Cross References

Daniel 7:8

I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things.

Revelation 13:5

And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.

Exodus 15:9

Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.

1 Samuel 2:3

Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

1 Samuel 17:43-44

And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.

2 Kings 19:23-24

You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods; I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.

Job 32:22

For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.

Psalm 73:8-9

Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

Isaiah 10:10

As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.

Ezekiel 29:3

Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.

Daniel 4:30-31

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

Daniel 7:25

And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time.

Malachi 3:13

Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?

2 Peter 2:18

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

Jude 1:16

These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

Jump To Previous

Word Concordance

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain