Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For they will say to thee for mischief; thine enemies were lifted up for vanity.
New American Standard Bible
And Your enemies
King James Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Holman Bible
Your enemies swear by You falsely.
International Standard Version
who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain.
A Conservative Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take [it] in vain.
American Standard Version
For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Amplified
For they speak against You wickedly,
Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Bible in Basic English
For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.
Darby Translation
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies.
King James 2000
For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
who speak against you deceitfully. Your enemies take [your name] in vain.
Modern King James verseion
Who will speak against You maliciously? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they speak unrighteously against thee; and thine enemies exalt themselves presumptuously.
NET Bible
They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.
New Heart English Bible
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
The Emphasized Bible
For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up their hand unto falsehood.
Webster
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.
World English Bible
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
Youngs Literal Translation
Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 139:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
19 Surely thou wilt kill the unjust one, O God: and ye men of bloods, depart from me. 20 For they will say to thee for mischief; thine enemies were lifted up for vanity. 21 Shall I not hate those hating thee, O Jehovah? and I shall loathe against those rising up against thee.
Cross References
Jude 1:15
To do judgment to all, and to convince all their irreligious of all their works of irreligion which they have impiously acted, and of all the hard things which the sinful irreligious spake against him.
Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not cleanse him who shall take his name in vain.
Job 21:14-15
And they will say to God, Depart from us; and we desired not the knowledge of thy ways.
Psalm 2:1-3
Wherefore did the nations rage, and the peoples will meditate emptiness?
Psalm 73:8-9
They will mock and speak in evil of oppression: they will speak from elevation.
Psalm 74:18
Remember this, the enemy reproached Jehovah, and the foolish people despised thy name.
Psalm 74:22-23
Arise, O God, contend thy contention: remember thy reproach from the foolish all the day.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom didst thou reproach and revile, and against whom didst thou raise up the voice, and wilt thou lift up thine eyes on high to the Holy One of Israel?
Isaiah 37:28-29
And thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, I knew; and thine anger against me.
Revelation 13:6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tent, and them dwelling in heaven.