PSA 12:3 Parallel View

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ULT Yahweh, cut off all flattering lips,
 ⇔ every tongue declaring great things.

UST Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues
⇔ so that they cannot continue to boast.

BSB May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
⇔ and every boastful tongue.

OEB  ⇔ May the Lord cut off all the flattering lips,
⇔ and the tongue that utters arrogance,

WEB May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
⇔ and the tongue that boasts,

WMB May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
⇔ and the tongue that boasts,

NET May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
 ⇔ and the tongue that boasts!

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

FBV Stop their flattery, Lord, and silence their boasts—

T4T  ⇔ Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues
⇔ so that they cannot continue to boast.

LEB • the tongue speaking great boasts—

BBE The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

MOF The Eternal cut off every flattering lip,
⇔ and tongues that talk so loftily—

JPS (12-4) May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!

ASV Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,
 ⇔ The tongue that speaketh great things;

DRA How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

YLT Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

DBY Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

RV The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh great things:

WBS The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

KJB The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:[fn]
(The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speakth/speaks proud things:)

12.3 proud: Heb. great

BB God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.
(God will cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speakth/speaks great things.)

GNV The Lord cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:
(The Lord cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speakth/speaks proude things: )

CB O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speaketh proude thinges.
(O that the LORD would root out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tongue that speakth/speaks proude things.)

WYC Hou long schal myn enemy be reisid on me?
(How long shall mine enemy be reisid on me?)

LUT Einer redet mit dem andern unnütze Dinge und heucheln und lehren aus uneinigem Herzen.
(Einer talks with to_him change unnütze Dinge and heucheln and lehren out of uneinigem Herzen.)

CLV usquequo exaltabitur inimicus meus super me?[fn]
(usquequo exaltabitur inimicus mine super me?)

12.3 Usquequo exaltabitur, etc. CASS. Dicit quia, ante adventum Christi, diabolus captivos tenebat homines. Vel super me, id est, meam crudelitatem, quia toto orbe colitur, et quia sic orbis interit, plorat.

12.3 Usquequo exaltabitur, etc. CASS. Dicit quia, ante adventum Christi, diabolus captivos tenebat homines. Vel super me, id it_is, meam crudelitatem, because toto orbe colitur, and because so orbis interit, plorat.

BRN How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

BrLXX Ἐπίβλεψον, εἰσάκουσόν μου, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου· φώτισον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, μή ποτε ὑπνώσω εἰς θάνατον·
(Epiblepson, eisakouson mou, Kurie ho Theos mou; fōtison tous ofthalmous mou, maʸ pote hupnōsō eis thanaton; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

cut off all flattering lips

(Some words not found in UHB: lies speak (a)_man DOM his/its=neighbour language_of flattering in/on/at/with,heart and,heart speak )

Here “flattering lips” is a metonym for people who flatter others. This could mean: (1) “cut off” is a metaphor for killing. Alternate translation: “kill all who flatter others” or (2) “cut off” is a metaphor for stopping something. Alternate translation: “stop all those who flatter others” (See also: figs-metonymy)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

every tongue declaring great things

(Some words not found in UHB: lies speak (a)_man DOM his/its=neighbour language_of flattering in/on/at/with,heart and,heart speak )

Here “every tongue” represents every person who declares great things. Alternate translation: “every person who boasts”

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