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Psalms 12:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh great things:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things,—the tongue that speaketh swelling words;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The LORD shall destroy all flattering lips and tongues that speak proud things.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Yahweh shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
shall cut off 3772
{3772} Prime
כָּרַת
karath
{kaw-rath'}
A primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that is, make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
all x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
flattering 2513
{2513} Prime
חֶלְקָה
chelqah
{khel-kaw'}
Feminine of H2506; properly smoothness; figuratively flattery; also an allotment.
lips, 8193
{8193} Prime
שָׂפָה
saphah
{saw-faw'}
(The second form is in dual and plural); Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.).
[and] the tongue 3956
{3956} Prime
לָשׁוֹן
lashown
{law-shone'}
From H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water).
that speaketh 1696
{1696} Prime
דִּבֵּר
dabar
{daw-bar'}
A primitive root; perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue.
z8764
<8764> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 685
proud y1419
[1419] Standard
גָּדוֹל
gadowl
{gaw-dole'}
From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent.
things: x1419
(1419) Complement
גָּדוֹל
gadowl
{gaw-dole'}
From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 12:3-4

_ _ Boasting (Daniel 7:25) is, like flattery, a species of lying.

_ _ lips, and ... tongue — for persons.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 12:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
cut:

Job 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.

tongue:

Psalms 17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalms 73:8-9 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily. ... They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Exodus 15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
1 Samuel 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
1 Samuel 17:43-44 And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ... And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
2 Kings 19:23-24 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, [and into] the forest of his Carmel. ... I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Isaiah 10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel 28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I [am] God? but thou [shalt be] a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
Ezekiel 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.
Daniel 4:30-31 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? ... While the word [was] in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Malachi 3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?
2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
Revelation 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months.

proud:
Heb. great,
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Ex 15:9. 1S 2:3; 17:43. 2K 19:23. Jb 32:22. Ps 17:10; 73:8. Pv 18:21. Is 10:10. Ezk 28:2, 9; 29:3. Dn 4:30; 7:8, 25. Mal 3:13. 2P 2:18. Jde 1:16. Rv 13:5.

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