Psalms 31:18

In 11 translations

BSB

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

KJV

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.grievous…: Heb. a hard thing

WEB

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

ASV

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

LSV

Let lips of falsehood become mute, || That are speaking against the righteous, || Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

YLT

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

DBY

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

DRC30:19

Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

GNV

Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

JPS31:19

Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

LXXE30:19

Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

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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

WLC31:19

תֵּ֥אָלַ֗מְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֫י שָׁ֥קֶר הַדֹּבְר֖וֹת עַל־צַדִּ֥יק עָתָ֗ק בְּגַאֲוָ֥ה וָבֽוּז׃KJV:Ps.31.18

LXX-Br30:19

Ἄλαλα γενηθήτω τὰ χείλη τὰ δόλια, τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ δικαίου ἀνομίαν ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ καὶ ἐξουδενώσει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 94:4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
• 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.”
• 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
• Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
• Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
• Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
• Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
• Acts 25:7When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
• John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native…
• John 8:48The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
• 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.
• Psalms 140:9–11May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused. May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again. May no slanderer be…
• Psalms 12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
• Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
• Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
• 2 Chronicles 32:16And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

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