Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Who will speak against You maliciously? Your enemies are lifted up with 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.
Julia Smith Translation
For they will say to thee for mischief; thine enemies were lifted up for vanity.
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 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 You will slay the wicked, O God; and bloody men, depart from me. 20 Who will speak against You maliciously? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity. 21 O Jehovah, do I not hate those who hate You? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against You?
Cross References
Jude 1:15
to do judgment against all, and to rebuke all the ungodly of them concerning all their ungodly works which they ungodly did, and concerning all the hard things ungodly sinners spoke against Him.
Exodus 20:7
You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.
Job 21:14-15
And they say to God, Depart from us; for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways;
Psalm 2:1-3
Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate on a vain thing?
Psalm 73:8-9
They scoff and speak in malice of cruelty; from on high they speak.
Psalm 74:18
Remember this, the enemy has cursed, O Jehovah, and the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.
Psalm 74:22-23
Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; remember how the foolish man curses You daily.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you mocked and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 37:28-29
But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against Me.
Revelation 13:6
And it opened its mouth in blasphemy toward God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, and those dwelling in Heaven.