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Psalms 12:3
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May the Lord cut off all flattering lipsand the tongue that speaks boastfully.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
The Lord will stop those flattering lips and cut off those bragging tongues.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,The tongue that speaks great things;
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things.
Won't you chop off all flattering tongues that brag so loudly?
They all tell lies to each other, flattering with their lips, but speaking from divided hearts.
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
The Lord should cut off their lying lips and cut out their bragging tongues.
The LORD shall destroy all flattering lips and tongues that speak proud things.
Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord ! Close those boastful mouths that say,
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, the tongue speaking great boasts—
Jehovah shall cut off all with flattering lips and the tongue that speaks great things;
O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speaketh proude thinges.
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh great things:
The Lord destrie alle gileful lippis; and the greet spekynge tunge.
Yahweh will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,
May the Lord cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
May the Lord cut off all lips of false respect, and the tongue that speaks of great things.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things, - the tongue that speaketh swelling words;
(11-4) May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
Slice their lips off their faces! Pull The braggart tongues from their mouths! I'm tired of hearing, "We can talk anyone into anything! Our lips manage the world."
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
cut: Job 32:22
tongue: Psalms 17:10, Psalms 73:8, Psalms 73:9, Exodus 15:9, 1 Samuel 2:3, 1 Samuel 17:43, 1 Samuel 17:44, 2 Kings 19:23, 2 Kings 19:24, Isaiah 10:10, Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:9, Ezekiel 29:3, Daniel 4:30, Daniel 4:31, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:25, Malachi 3:13, 2 Peter 2:18, Jude 1:16, Revelation 13:5
proud: Heb. great, Proverbs 18:21
Reciprocal: Job 17:5 - He that Psalms 5:9 - they Psalms 31:18 - the lying Psalms 36:3 - The words Psalms 36:11 - foot Psalms 50:19 - tongue Psalms 94:23 - cut them Psalms 140:11 - an evil speaker Proverbs 12:5 - counsels Proverbs 14:3 - the mouth Jeremiah 9:4 - ye heed Jeremiah 23:36 - for every Jeremiah 43:2 - all the Matthew 2:8 - that Acts 24:2 - Seeing Romans 3:13 - with their 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - used
Cross-References
Seyng that Abraham shall surely be a great and a myghtie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in hym?
People be thy seruauntes, and nations bowe to thee: be lorde ouer thy brethren, and thy mothers children stowpe with reuerence vnto thee: cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
And thy seede shalbe as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spreade abrode to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south: and in thee, and in thy seede, shall all the kynredes of the earth be blessed.
To whom Laban aunswered: I pray thee, yf I haue founde fauour in thy syght [tary]: for I haue proued that the Lorde blessed me for thy sake.
For that litle which thou haddest before I came, is nowe increased into a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed thee through my trauell: but nowe when shall I make prouision for myne owne house also?
And it came to passe from the tyme that he had made hym ouerseer of his house, and ouer all that he had, the Lorde blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephes sake: and the blessyng of the Lorde was vpon all that he had in the house and in the fielde.
But and if thou shalt in deede hearken vnto his voyce, & do al that I speake, I wylbe an enemie vnto thyne enemies, & an aduersarie vnto thine aduersaries.
He couched hym selfe, and lay downe as a Lion, and as an elder Lion: who shall stirre hym vp? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
His name shall endure for euer, his name shalbe spread abrode to the world so long as the sunne shall shyne: all nations shalbe blessed in hym, and shall call hym blessed.
And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done [it] vnto me.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips,.... This is either a prophecy or a prayer, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; that God either would or should cut off such who used flattery with their lips, by inflicting some judgment in this life, or everlasting punishment hereafter; by taking them away by death "out of the world", as the Targum paraphrases it; or by casting them into hell, where all liars and deceitful persons will have their portion; see Job 32:21;
[and] the tongue that speaketh proud things, or "great things" f, as the little horn, Daniel 7:20; and the beast, or Romish antichrist, who is designed by both, Revelation 13:5; and which will be accomplished when Christ shall destroy him with the breath of his mouth, and the brightness of his coming; and indeed every tongue that riseth up against God, Christ, and his people, will be condemned; when ungodly sinners will be convinced of all their hard speeches, Isaiah 54:17 Judges 1:15. Perhaps some regard may be had to the tongue of Doeg the Edomite; see Psalms 52:3.
f גדלות "magna", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis; "grandia", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The Lord shall cut off - This might be rendered, “May the Lord cut off,” implying a wish on the part of the psalmist that it might occur. But probably the common rendering is the correct one. It is the statement of a solemn truth, designed for warning, that all such persons would be punished.
All flattering lips - The meaning is, that he will cut off all “persons” who use flattery; that is, he will cut them off from the favors which he will show to his own people, or will punish them. The word used here is the common one to denote disowning or excommunicating, and derives its meaning from the act of separating offenders from a community. See Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 18:29; Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:6; et soepe.
And the tongue that speaketh proud things - That boasts, or is self-confident. For an example of this, see Isaiah 28:15; and compare the notes at that passage. It was this disposition to falsehood, flattery, and boasting, which constituted the fact stated in Psalms 12:1, that “godly” and “faithful” men - men on whom reliance might be placed, whose word might be trusted, and whose promised aid in the cause of truth might be depended on - had seemed to “fail” among men. That is, no such men could be found.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 12:3. Proud things — גדלות gedoloth, great things; great swelling words, both in their promises and in their commendations.
