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Surely God Is Good to Israel

Psalms 73:9

In 11 translations

BSB
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
KJV
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
WEB
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
ASV
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
LSV
They have set their mouth in the heavens, || And their tongue walks in the earth.
YLT
They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
DBY
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
DRC72:9
They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
GNV
They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
JPS
They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
LXXE72:9
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC
שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br72:9
Ἔθεντο εἰς οὐρανὸν τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν διῆλθεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  • 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.”
  • Daniel 7:25He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
  • 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…
  • 2 Chronicles 32:15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my…
  • Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
  • Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
  • Psalms 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

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

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