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I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

Psalms 78:36

In 11 translations

BSB
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
KJV
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
WEB
But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
ASV
But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.
LSV
And they deceive Him with their mouth, || And lie to Him with their tongue,
YLT
And — they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
DBY
But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;
DRC77:36
And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:
GNV
But they flattered him with their mouth, and dissembled with him with their tongue.
JPS
But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue.
LXXE77:36
Yet they loved him only with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְפַתּ֥וּהוּ בְּפִיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗ם יְכַזְּבוּ־לֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br77:36
Καὶ ἠγάπησαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῶν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
  • Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
  • Deuteronomy 5:28–29And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken. If only they had such a heart to fear Me…
  • Hosea 11:12Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
  • Isaiah 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
  • Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
  • Psalms 106:12–13Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

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

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