Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue.
New American Standard Bible
From a
King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Holman Bible
and a deceitful tongue.”
International Standard Version
"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."
A Conservative Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Amplified
Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
Darby Translation
Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
Julia Smith Translation
O Jehovah, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, from a tongue of deceit.
King James 2000
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Deliver my life, O Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue."
Modern King James verseion
Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue!
NET Bible
I said, "O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.
New Heart English Bible
Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Webster
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
World English Bible
Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Youngs Literal Translation
O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 120:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry For Truth And Peace
1 In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me. 2 Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
Names
Cross References
Psalm 35:11
Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
Psalm 52:2-4
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 109:1-2
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalm 140:1-3
Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:
Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
Matthew 26:59-62
Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;