Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things, - the tongue that speaketh swelling words;
New American Standard Bible
The tongue that
King James Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Holman Bible
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,
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,
Themes
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 12:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oppression By The Wicked
2 Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour, - with lips uttering smooth things - with a heart and a heart, do they speak. 3 May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things, - the tongue that speaketh swelling words; 4 Them who say - With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master?
Names
Cross References
Daniel 7:8
I was considering the horns, when lo! another horn, a little one, came up among them, and, three of the former horns, were uprooted from before it, - and lo! eyes, like the eyes of a man, in this horn, and, a mouth, speaking great things.
Revelation 13:5
And there was given unto him, a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and it was given unto him to act, forty and two months.
Psalm 17:10
Their own fat heart , have they shut up, - With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.
Exodus 15:9
Said the fee - I will pursue - overtake divide spoil, - Take her fill of them - shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out - shall my hand.
1 Samuel 2:3
Do not multiply words, so loftily - loftily, Nor let arrogance proceed from your mouth, - For, a GOD of knowledge, is Yahweh, And, for himself, are great doings made firm.
1 Samuel 17:43-44
Then said the Philistine unto David, A dog, am, I, that thou art coming unto me, with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David, by his god.
2 Kings 19:23-24
Through thy messengers, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said - With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended the height of the mountains, the recesses of Lebanon, - and have cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest firs, and have entered the shelter of its summit, its thick garden forests.
Job 32:22
Surely I know not how to give flattering titles, How soon might my Maker take me away!
Psalm 73:8-9
They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life, are in the power of the tongue, and, its friends, shall eat its fruits.
Isaiah 10:10
As my hand hath reached unto the kingdoms of idols, - whose images did excel them of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man Say to the Prince of Tyre. Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh - Because lofty, is thy heart and thou hast said A GOD, am I, In the seat of God, have I taken my seat In the heart of the seas; Whereas thou art a man, and not a GOD, But hast set thy heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou really say, God, am I, before him who is slaying thee; When, thou, art a man and not a God, in the hand of them who are piercing h thee?
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak, and thou shalt say - Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh Behold me! against thee O Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great Crocodile that lieth along in the midst of his rivers: Who saith - My river is, mine own, Since I myself made it me!
Daniel 4:30-31
the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great, - which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?
Daniel 7:25
and, words against the Most High, will he speak, and, the holy ones of the Highest, will he afflict, - and will hope to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand, for a season and seasons and the dividing of a season,
Malachi 3:13
Stout against me, have been your words, saith Yahweh, - and yet ye say, What have we spoken, one to another, against thee?
2 Peter 2:18
For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings - in wanton ways - them who are, well-nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour;
Jude 1:16
These, are murmurers, complainers, according to their covetings, going on, - and, their mouth, speaketh great swelling words, - holding persons in admiration, for profit's sake.