Parallel Verses

World English Bible

May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

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:

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

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Verse Info

Context Readings

Oppression By The Wicked

2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. 3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, 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

I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Revelation 13:5

A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.

Psalm 17:10

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, 'I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'

1 Samuel 2:3

"Talk no more so exceeding proudly. Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

1 Samuel 17:43-44

The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" The Philistine cursed David by his gods.

2 Kings 19:23-24

By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.

Job 32:22

For I don't know how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker would soon take me away.

Psalm 73:8-9

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Isaiah 10:10

As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God --

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am God? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'

Daniel 4:30-31

The king spoke and said, Is not this 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 shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.

Malachi 3:13

"Your words have been stout against me," says Yahweh. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

Jude 1:16

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

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