Parallel Verses
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,
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,
Themes
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 12:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oppression By The Wicked
2
People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)
3
The tongue that
Names
Cross References
Daniel 7:8
I looked at the horns and another one, a little horn came. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man. It had a mouth that spoke great (domineering) (boastful) things. The three first horns were plucked up roots and all.
Revelation 13:5
A mouth speaking great things and blasphemies was given to the beast. And authority to act was given to him to continue forty-two months.
Psalm 17:10
They have no feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said: 'I will pursue them! I will catch them! I will divide the loot! I will take all I want! I will use my sword! I will take all they have!'
1 Samuel 2:3
Boast no more so proudly. Remove arrogance from your mouth. Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and he measures his actions (deeds).
1 Samuel 17:43-44
The Philistine asked David: Am I a dog that you come to attack me with sticks? So the Philistine called on his gods to curse David.
2 Kings 19:23-24
You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests.
Job 32:22
I do not know how to flatter or my Maker would soon put an end to me!
Psalm 73:8-9
They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Those who love it will eat the fruit.
Isaiah 10:10
As my hand took hold of the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose carved images were greater then those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'In your arrogance you say, 'I am a god (strong deity). I sit on God's throne in the sea.' But you are only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. (2 Thes 2:4)
Ezekiel 28:9
You will no longer say that you are a god when you face those who kill you. You will be a human, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.'
Ezekiel 29:3
Say this, 'The Lord Jehovah says: I am against you Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great monster (Egypt) (Psalm 74:13,14) that lies in the midst of his rivers. You have said: 'My Nile is mine! I have made it!'
Daniel 4:30-31
The king spoke: Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Daniel 7:25
He will speak words against the Most High (Supreme God) and wear down (afflict) (cause great distress) the holy ones of the Most High. He will think to change the times and law and will have control until a time and times and half a time. (Three and one-half years)
Malachi 3:13
You have said terrible things about me, said Jehovah of Hosts. Yet you ask: 'What have we said about you?'
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.
Jude 1:16
These murmur, complain, and walk after their lusts, they speak arrogantly, flattering people to gain advantage.