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Literal Standard Version

Psalms 12:3

YHWH cuts off all lips of flattery, || A tongue speaking great things,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Flattery;   Infidelity;   Speaking;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commendation-Reproof;   Flattery;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sheminith;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hypocrisy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Judges (1);   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hypocrisy;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Musician;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joy;   Lip;   Music;   Psalms, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Flattery;   Heart;   James, General Epistle of;   Lying;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May the Lord cut off all flattering lipsand the tongue that speaks boastfully.
Hebrew Names Version
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
King James Version
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
English Standard Version
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
New Century Version
The Lord will stop those flattering lips and cut off those bragging tongues.
New English Translation
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
Amplified Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
New American Standard Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
World English Bible
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:
Legacy Standard Bible
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,The tongue that speaks great things;
Berean Standard Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things.
Contemporary English Version
Won't you chop off all flattering tongues that brag so loudly?
Complete Jewish Bible
They all tell lies to each other, flattering with their lips, but speaking from divided hearts.
Darby Translation
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord should cut off their lying lips and cut out their bragging tongues.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD shall destroy all flattering lips and tongues that speak proud things.
Good News Translation
Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord ! Close those boastful mouths that say,
Lexham English Bible
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, the tongue speaking great boasts—
Literal Translation
Jehovah shall cut off all with flattering lips and the tongue that speaks great things;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speaketh proude thinges.
American Standard Version
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
Bible in Basic English
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: [and] the tongue that speaketh great thinges.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
English Revised Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh great things:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord destrie alle gileful lippis; and the greet spekynge tunge.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
New King James Version
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,
New Living Translation
May the Lord cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
New Life Bible
May the Lord cut off all lips of false respect, and the tongue that speaks of great things.
New Revised Standard
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things, - the tongue that speaketh swelling words;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(11-4) May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Revised Standard Version
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
THE MESSAGE
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."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;

Contextual Overview

1TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE EIGHTH. A PSALM OF DAVID. Save, YHWH, for the saintly has failed, || For the steadfast have ceased || From the sons of men: 2They each speak vanity with his neighbor, || Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. 3YHWH cuts off all lips of flattery, || A tongue speaking great things,4Who said, "By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?" 5Because of the spoiling of the poor, || Because of the groaning of the needy, || Now I arise, says YHWH, || I set in safety [him who] breathes for it. 6Sayings of YHWH [are] pure sayings—Silver tried in a furnace of earth, refined sevenfold. 7You, O YHWH, preserve them, || You keep us from this generation for all time. 8The wicked walk around continually, || According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!

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

Genesis 18:18
and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
Genesis 27:29
peoples serve you, and nations bow themselves to you, be mighty over your brothers, and the sons of your mother bow themselves to you; those who curse you [are] cursed, and those who bless you [are] blessed."
Genesis 28:14
and your seed has been as the dust of the land, and you have broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in you and in your seed.
Genesis 30:27
And Laban says to him, "Now if I have found grace in your eyes—I have observed diligently that YHWH blesses me for your sake."
Genesis 30:30
for [it is] little which you have had at my appearance, and it breaks forth into a multitude, and YHWH blesses you at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for my own house?"
Genesis 39:5
And it comes to pass from the time that he has appointed him over his house, and over all that he has, that YHWH blesses the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of YHWH is on all that he has, in the house, and in the field;
Exodus 23:22
for if you listen diligently to His voice, and have done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with your enemies, and have distressed those distressing you.
Numbers 24:9
He has bent, he has lain down as a lion, || And as a lioness, who raises him up? He who is blessing you [is] blessed, || And he who is cursing you [is] cursed."
Psalms 72:17
His Name is for all time, || Before the sun is His Name continued, || And they bless themselves in Him, || All nations pronounce Him blessed.
Matthew 25:40
And the King answering, will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did [it] to one of these My brothers—the least—you did [it] to 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.


 
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