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OET (OET-RV) Everyone says empty words to their neighbours.
⇔ ≈Everyone speaks with flattering lips and deceitful motives.
OET-LV [fn] falsehood they_speak each with his/its_neighbour a_lip_of flattering_words in/on/at/with_heart and_heart they_speak.
12:3 Note: KJB: Ps.12.2
UHB 3 שָׁ֤וְא ׀ יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת־רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ שְׂפַ֥ת חֲלָק֑וֹת בְּלֵ֖ב וָלֵ֣ב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ ‡
(3 shāvəʼ yədabrū ʼiysh ʼet-rēˊēhū səfat ḩₐlāqōt bəlēⱱ vālēⱱ yədabērū.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Ἕως τίνος θήσομαι βουλὰς ἐν ψυχῇ μου, ὀδύνας ἐν καρδίᾳ μου ἡμέρας; ἕως πότε ὑψωθήσεται ὁ ἐχθρός μου ἐπʼ ἐμέ;
(Heōs tinos thaʸsomai boulas en psuⱪaʸ mou, odunas en kardia mou haʸmeras; heōs pote hupsōthaʸsetai ho eⱪthros mou epʼ eme; )
BrTr How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me? for ever? how long wilt thou turn away thy face from me?
ULT Everyone says empty words to his neighbor;
⇔ everyone speaks with flattering lips and a double heart.
UST Everyone tells lies to other people;
⇔ they deceive others by flattering them, but they tell lies.
BSB They lie to one another;
⇔ they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
OEB One lies to another, speaking empty lies,
⇔ with flattering lips and false hearts they speak.
WEBBE Everyone lies to his neighbour.
⇔ They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET People lie to one another;
⇔ they flatter and deceive.
LSV They each speak vanity with his neighbor,
Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
FBV Everyone lies to their neighbors. They flatter with nice talk, but they don't mean what they say.[fn]
12:2 Literally, they have “double hearts.”
T4T Everyone tells lies to other people;
⇔ they deceive others by ◄flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true►.
LEB • They speak falseness to each other .[fn] With flattering lips,
• with a double heart[fn] they speak.
BBE Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
Moff Empty and false are man’s words to his fellow;
⇔ they talk with flattering lips and double minds.
JPS (12-3) They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
ASV They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor:
⇔ With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
DRA How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?
YLT Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Drby They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
RV They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Wbstr They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
KJB-1769 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.[fn]
12.2 a double…: Heb. an heart and an heart
KJB-1611 [fn]They speake vanitie euery one with his neighbour: with flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speake.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
12:2 Hebr. an heart, and an heart.
Bshps Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.
(Every one useth vain talk with his neighbour: and speaketh/speaks with a double heart out of flatteryng lips.)
Gnva They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.
(They speak deceitfully every one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speak with a double heart. )
Cvdl Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbor, they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte.
(Every man telleth/tells lies to his neghbor, they do but flater with their lips and dissemble in their heart.)
Wycl Hou long schal Y sette counsels in my soule; sorewe in my herte bi dai?
(How long shall I set counsels in my soul; sorrow in my heart by day?)
Luth Hilf, HErr, die Heiligen haben abgenommen, und der Gläubigen ist wenig unter den Menschenkindern.
(Hilf, LORD, the saints have abgenommen, and the/of_the Gläubigen is wenig under the peoplekindern.)
ClVg quamdiu ponam consilia in anima mea; dolorem in corde meo per diem?[fn]
(quamdiu ponam consilia in the_soul my; dolorem in heart mine through diem? )
12.2 Quandiu. CAS. Magnus ardor sustinentis, etc., usque ad quia spes protrahitur. Consilia. AUG. Consilio non est opus, etc., usque ad dolens precansque æterna.
12.2 Quandiu. CAS. Magnus ardor sustinentis, etc., until to because spes protrahitur. Consilia. AUG. Consilio not/no it_is opus, etc., until to dolens precansque æterna.
Ps 12 This community lament seeks the Lord’s help against the prevalence of evil. Because of the Lord’s answer, the godly can face the future knowing that God protects them.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
Everyone says & everyone speaks
(Some words not found in UHB: help, YHWH that/for/because/then/when no_longer godly that/for/because/then/when vanished faithful from=(the)_sons humankind )
The two occurrences of “everyone” are exaggerations, used to emphasize that this is true of very many people.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
everyone speaks with flattering lips and a double heart
(Some words not found in UHB: help, YHWH that/for/because/then/when no_longer godly that/for/because/then/when vanished faithful from=(the)_sons humankind )
Here “lips” is a metonym for what people say, and “a double heart” is a metaphor for deception. Alternate translation: “everyone speaks with flattering words and deception” or “everyone praises people falsely and tells lies” (See also: figs-metaphor)