Romans 3:14

Contemporary English Version

and they say nothing but bitter curses.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

King James Version (1611)
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse:

King James Version
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

English Standard Version
"Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."

New American Standard Bible
"THEIR MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS";

New Century Version
"Their mouths are full of cursing and hate." Psalm 10:7

Amplified Bible
"THEIR MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS";

Legacy Standard Bible
"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness";

Berean Standard Bible
Their mouths are full of cursing and of bitterness.

Complete Jewish Bible
Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

Darby Translation
whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

Easy-to-Read Version
"Their mouths are full of cursing and angry words."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

George Lamsa Translation
Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.

Good News Translation
their speech is filled with bitter curses.

Lexham English Bible
whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Literal Translation
whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

American Standard Version
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Bible in Basic English
Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

Hebrew Names Version
"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness,

Murdock Translation
Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.

English Revised Version
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

World English Bible
"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

Weymouth's New Testament
"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The mouth of whiche is ful of cursyng and bitternesse;

Update Bible Version
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Webster's Bible Translation
Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness.

New English Translation
" Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness ."

New King James Version
"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness." Psalms 10:7 ">[fn]

New Living Translation
"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."

New Life Bible
Their mouths speak bad things against God. They say bad things about other people.

New Revised Standard
"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whose mouth, of cursing and bitterness, is full,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

Revised Standard Version
"Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Whose mouthes are full of coursynge and bitternes.

Young's Literal Translation
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their mouth is full of cursynge and bytternesse.

Mace New Testament (1729)
whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Their mouths curse and complain.

Contextual Overview

¹ What good is it to be a Jew? What good is it to be circumcised? ² It is good in a lot of ways! First of all, God's messages were spoken to the Jews. ³ It is true that some of them did not believe the message. But does this mean that God cannot be trusted, just because they did not have faith? ⁴ No, indeed! God tells the truth, even if everyone else is a liar. The Scriptures say about God, "Your words will be proven true, and in court you will win your case." ⁵ If our evil deeds show how right God is, then what can we say? Is it wrong for God to become angry and punish us? What a foolish thing to ask. ⁶ But the answer is, "No." Otherwise, how could God judge the world? ⁷ Since your lies bring great honor to God by showing how truthful he is, you may ask why God still says you are a sinner. ⁸ You might as well say, "Let's do something evil, so that something good will come of it!" Some people even claim that we are saying this. But God is fair and will judge them as well. ⁹ What does all this mean? Does it mean that we Jews are better off than the Gentiles? No, it doesn't! Jews, as well as Gentiles, are ruled by sin, just as I have said. ¹⁰ The Scriptures tell us, "No one is acceptable to God!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 10:7, Psalms 59:12, Psalms 109:17, Psalms 109:18, James 3:10

Reciprocal: Psalms 50:19 - tongue Psalms 140:3 - adders' Matthew 15:11 - but Luke 6:45 - and an Luke 18:2 - which Acts 23:15 - that he Ephesians 4:29 - no Ephesians 4:31 - bitterness Colossians 3:19 - bitter James 3:6 - a world James 3:9 - therewith curse

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
The snake was sneakier than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. One day it came to the woman and asked, "Did God tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"

Genesis 3:15
You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel."

Genesis 3:20
The man Adam named his wife Eve because she would become the mother of all who live.

Leviticus 20:25
That's why you must make a difference between animals and birds that I have said are clean and unclean—this will keep you from becoming disgusting to me.

Psalms 72:9
Force the desert tribes to accept his rule, and make his enemies crawl in the dirt.

Isaiah 29:4
From deep in the earth, you will call out for help with only a faint whisper.

Isaiah 65:25
Wolves and lambs will graze together; lions and oxen will feed on straw. Snakes will eat only dirt! They won't bite or harm anyone on my holy mountain. I, the Lord , have spoken!

Micah 7:17
because of their fear of me, your Lord and God. Then they will come trembling, crawling out of their fortresses like insects or snakes, lapping up the dust.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. These words are taken from Psalms 10:7, by cursing is meant, cursing of God, which is sometimes internal with the heart, and sometimes external with the mouth, as here; and of all good men, though without cause, and to no purpose with respect to the persons they curse, since God has blessed them, and they are blessed, and greatly to their own detriment, for, in the issue, their curses will be turned against themselves. There is also a cursing of superiors, as parents, masters, magistrates, kings, and governors; which is a sore evil, and attended with bad consequences; likewise of themselves, and their fellow creatures: and "the mouth [being] full [of it]", denotes the frequency of the sin; scarce anything else comes out of it but cursing; which discovers the sad corruption of the heart; "for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh", Matthew 12:34. By "bitterness" is meant, either sin in general, which is "an evil and bitter [thing]", Jeremiah 2:19, in its nature and effects; or sinful words, such as oaths, curses, imprecations, all wrathful and deceitful words.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whose mouth - Psalms 10:7. The apostle has not quoted this literally, but has given the sense. David in the psalm is describing his bitter enemies.

Cursing - Reproachful and opprobrious language, such as Shimei used in relation to David; 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:7-8.

Bitterness - In the psalm, deceits. The word “bitterness” is used to denote severity, harshness, cruelty; reproachful and malicious words.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 3:14. Whose mouth is full of cursing, &c.] They never speak but in profane oaths, blasphemies, and malice.