Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak arrogantly against the righteous
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

Let lying lips be quieted;
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 King James verseion

Let the lying lips be put to silence; the lips which speak proudly against the righteous, with pride and scorn.

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.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Plea For Protection

17 O Jehovah, I have called on you, so do not let me be put to shame. Let wicked people be put to shame. Let them be silent in the grave. 18 Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.
19 Your goodness is so great! You reserve it for those who respect you. The sons of men watch as you show it to those who take refuge in you.

Cross References

Psalm 94:4

They utter speech. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves.

Jude 1:15

They execute judgment upon all. They convict all the ungodly of all their wicked behavior, deeds that they have committed in an irreverent way, and of all the hard things those detestable sinners have spoken against him.

1 Samuel 2:3

Boast no more so proudly. Remove arrogance from your mouth. Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and he measures his actions (deeds).

2 Chronicles 32:16

Sennacherib's officers said more against Jehovah God and his servant Hezekiah.

Psalm 12:3

Jehovah will destroy every flattering lip and every bragging tongue

Psalm 59:12

This is because of the sins from their mouths and the words on their lips. Let them be trapped by their own arrogance because they speak curses and lies.

Psalm 63:11

But the king will find joy in God. Everyone who takes an oath by God will speak praise, but the mouths of liars will be shut.

Psalm 64:3-4

Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows.

Psalm 120:2

O Jehovah, rescue me from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 123:3-4

Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, be gracious to us, for we are greatly filled with contempt.

Psalm 140:9-11

Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.

Proverbs 12:19

The lip of truth will be established forever. A lying tongue is only for a moment.

Isaiah 37:22-24

this is the word Jehovah spoke against him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.

Isaiah 54:17

Weapons forged against you will not prevail! You will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah and this is their vindication from me, declares Jehovah.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple (student) that he is like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub (Satan), others of the household could also be called the same!

Matthew 12:24

When the Pharisees heard it, they said: This man casts out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons.

John 8:44

You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer) (false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie!

John 8:48

The Jews answered: Do we not speak correctly that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?

Acts 25:7

When he arrived the Jews who also came there from Jerusalem presented many grievous complaints against Paul. They could not prove them.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs (impure men) and those who practice spiritism, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone who tells lies.'

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