Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And their tongue
King James Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Holman Bible
and their tongues strut across the earth.
International Standard Version
They choose to speak against heaven; while they talk about things on earth.
A Conservative Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
American Standard Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Amplified
They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue swaggers through the earth.
Bible in Basic English
Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.
Darby Translation
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue will go in the earth.
King James 2000
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue roams the earth.
Modern King James verseion
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world.
NET Bible
They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
New Heart English Bible
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.
Webster
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
World English Bible
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
8
They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.
9
And their tongue
Cross References
Revelation 13:6
He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, to slander his name, and his dwelling place, and those who live in heaven.
Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh responded: Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and besides, I will not let Israel go.
2 Chronicles 32:15
Do not be fooled by Hezekiah! No god of any nation has been able to stand up to Assyria. Believe me, your God cannot keep you safe!'
Job 21:14
They say to God: 'Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.'
Psalm 52:4
You love words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
Daniel 3:15
Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, good! But if you do not worship it you will be thrown into the midst of a blazing furnace that same hour. What god will be able to rescue you from my hand?
Daniel 7:25
He will speak words against the Most High (Supreme God) and wear down (afflict) (cause great distress) the holy ones of the Most High. He will think to change the times and law and will have control until a time and times and half a time. (Three and one-half years)
Luke 18:4
At first he refused. Then he thought about it and he said to himself, I do not fear God and have little respect for man.
James 3:6
The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).