Psalms 139:20

In 11 translations

BSB

who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.Hebrew Your enemies take in vain or Your enemies bear up in vain; LXX Your enemies take Your cities in vain

KJV

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

WEB

For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

ASV

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

LSV

Who exchange You for wickedness, || Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.

YLT

Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.

DBY

For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.

DRC138:20

Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.

GNV

Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.

JPS

Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies —

LXXE138:20

For thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take thy cities in vain.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַשָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br138:20

ὅτι ἐρεῖς εἰς διαλογισμόν· λήψονται εἰς ματαιότητα τὰς πόλεις σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jude 1:15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
• Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
• Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
• Psalms 74:22–23Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long. Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
• Psalms 2:1–3Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away…
• Psalms 73:8–9They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
• Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
• Isaiah 37:28–29But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will…
• Revelation 13:6And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
• 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?’

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