Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.

King James Version

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Holman Bible

They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.

International Standard Version

In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.

A Conservative Version

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily.

American Standard Version

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

Amplified


They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak loftily [with malice].

Bible in Basic English

Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

Darby Translation

They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:

Julia Smith Translation

They will mock and speak in evil of oppression: they will speak from elevation.

King James 2000

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They mock and speak maliciously of oppression; they speak [as though] from on high.

Modern King James verseion

They scoff and speak in malice of cruelty; from on high they speak.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words.

NET Bible

They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

New Heart English Bible

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

The Emphasized Bible

They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;

Webster

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

World English Bible

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

Youngs Literal Translation

They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

God's Ways Vindicated

7 Their eyes stand out with fatness, and their heart's imagination run wild. 8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.
9 They set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue parades through the earth.

Cross References

Jude 1:16

These murmur, complain, and walk after their lusts, they speak arrogantly, flattering people to gain advantage.

Exodus 1:9-10

He said to his people: There are too many Israelites! They are stronger than we are.

1 Samuel 13:19

No blacksmith could be found in all of Israel. In this way the Philistines kept the Hebrews from making swords and spears.

1 Kings 21:7-29

Then his wife Jezebel said: Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, eat and be happy. I will give you the garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.

Psalm 10:2

The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.

Psalm 10:10-11

His victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall into the power of the wicked.

Psalm 12:4-5

They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?

Psalm 17:10

They have no feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.

Psalm 53:1-4

([Psalm of David]) The fool has said in his heart: There is no God (Jehovah)*. They are corrupt and have done abominable (detestable) iniquity. There are none who do good. (*Possible deliberate scribal change from YHWH to Elohim)

Proverbs 30:13-14

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

Jeremiah 7:9-11

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known?

Hosea 7:16

They do not turn upward [to God]. They are like a loose bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

2 Peter 2:10

This is primarily for those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble at glorious ones but speak abusively.

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.

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