Psalms 109:2

In 11 translations

BSB

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

KJV

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.of the deceitful: Heb. of deceitare opened: Heb. have opened themselves

WEB

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

ASV

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

LSV

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, || They have opened against me, || They have spoken with me—A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

YLT

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me — A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

DBY

For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

DRC108:2

O God, be not thou silent in thy praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.

GNV

For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

JPS

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

LXXE108:2

for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty man have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י פִ֪י רָשָׁ֡ע וּֽפִי־מִ֭רְמָה עָלַ֣י פָּתָ֑חוּ דִּבְּר֥וּ אִ֝תִּ֗י לְשׁ֣וֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃

LXX-Br108:2

ὅτι στόμα ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ στόμα δολίου ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἠνοίχθη· ἐλάλησαν κατʼ ἐμοῦ γλώσσῃ δολίᾳ,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
• Psalms 120:2–3Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
• Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
• Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
• Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
• Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
• 2 Samuel 17:1Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
• Jeremiah 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
• Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
• Psalms 64:3–4who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
• Matthew 26:59–62Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward and…
• Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
• 2 Samuel 15:3–8Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.” And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could…
• Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
• Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

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