Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Let the lying lips be put to silence; the lips which speak proudly against the righteous, with pride and scorn.
New American Standard Bible
Which
With pride and contempt.
King James Version
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Holman Bible
they speak arrogantly against the righteous
with pride and contempt.
International Standard Version
Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
A Conservative Version
Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak against the righteous man insolently, with pride and contempt.
American Standard Version
Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
Amplified
Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous
With pride and contempt.
Bible in Basic English
Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
Darby Translation
Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Julia Smith Translation
The lips of falsehood shall be mute; speaking boldly in pride and contempt.
King James 2000
Let the lying lips be put to silence; who speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against [the] righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.
NET Bible
May lying lips be silenced -- lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!
New Heart English Bible
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
The Emphasized Bible
Let false lips be made dumb, - which are speaking - against a righteous one - arrogantly, with pride and contempt.
Webster
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
World English Bible
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 31:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Protection
17 Let me not be ashamed, O Jehovah; for I have called on You; Let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in the grave. 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; the lips which speak proudly against the righteous, with pride and scorn. 19 How great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You; You have worked for those who trust in You before the sons of men!
Cross References
Psalm 94:4
They gush; they speak impudent things; all the workers of iniquity speak proudly.
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.
1 Samuel 2:3
Talk no more so very proudly. Remove arrogance out of your mouth, for Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.
2 Chronicles 32:16
And his servants spoke still more against Jehovah God, and against His servant Hezekiah.
Psalm 12:3
Jehovah shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks proud things,
Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouth is the word of their lips, even let them be taken in their pride; and for cursing and the lying which they speak.
Psalm 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him shall glory; but the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.
Psalm 64:3-4
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
Psalm 120:2
Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 123:3-4
Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, have mercy on us; for we are exceedingly filled with scorn.
Psalm 140:9-11
As for the head of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them.
Proverbs 12:19
The lips of truth shall be established forever, but only while I wink is a lying tongue.
Isaiah 37:22-24
this is the word which Jehovah has spoken concerning him: The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind you.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against you shall be blessed; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness is from Me, says Jehovah.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he is like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?
Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard, they said, This one does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.
John 8:44
You are of the Devil as father, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
John 8:48
Then the Jews answered and said to Him, Do we not say well that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?
Acts 25:7
And he having come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many charges against Paul, which they could not prove.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and makes a lie.