Psalms 12:4

In 11 translations

BSB

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

KJV

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?are…: Heb. are with us

WEB

who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

ASV

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

LSV

Who said, “By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?”

YLT

Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?'

DBY

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who [is] lord over us?

DRC11:5

Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?

GNV

Which haue saide, With our tongue will we preuaile: our lippes are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?

JPS12:5

Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'

LXXE11:5

who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?

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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

WLC12:5

אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ מִ֖י אָד֣וֹן לָֽנוּ׃KJV:Ps.12.4

LXX-Br11:5

Τοὺς εἰπόντας, τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡμῶν μεγαλυνοῦμεν, τὰ χείλη ἡμῶν παρʼ ἡμῶν ἐστι· τίς ἡμῶν Κύριός ἐστιν; μή ποτε εἴποι ὁ ἐχθρός μου, ἴσχυσα πρὸς αὐτόν· οἱ θλίβοντές με ἀγαλλιάσονται ἐὰν σαλευθῶ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• James 3:5–6In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the…
• Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
• Job 21:14–15Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
• Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his…
• Daniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will…
• Genesis 3:5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
• Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).