Psalms 116:11

In 11 translations

BSB

In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

KJV

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

WEB

I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”

ASV

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

LSV

I said in my haste, “Every man [is] a liar.”

YLT

I said in my haste, 'Every man [is] a liar.'

DBY

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

DRC115:2

I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

GNV

I said in my feare, All men are lyers.

JPS

I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.'

LXXE115:2

And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אֲ֭נִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְחָפְזִ֑י כָּֽל־הָאָדָ֥ם כֹּזֵֽב׃

LXX-Br115:2

Ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα ἐν τῇ ἐκστάσει μου, πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
• Jeremiah 9:4–5“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander. Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their…
• Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
• Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
• 2 Kings 4:16And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
• 1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all…

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